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Testimony : inside the evangelical movement that failed a generation / Jon Ward.

Summary:
"A journalist recounts his upbringing and eventual break from an influential evangelical church to diagnose broader political and cultural issues"-- Provided by publisher.
Jon Ward's life is divided in half: two decades inside the evangelical Christian bubble and two decades outside of it. In Testimony, Ward tells the engaging story of his upbringing in, and eventual break from, an influential evangelical church in the 1980s and 1990s. Ward sheds light on the evangelical movement's troubling political and cultural dimensions, tracing the ways in which the Jesus People movement was seduced by materialism and other factors to become politically captive rather than prophetic. A respected journalist, Ward asks uncomfortable but necessary questions, calling those inside and outside conservative Christian circles to embrace truth, complexity, and nuance. He recounts his growing alarm and grief over the last several years as evangelical conservatives attacked truth, rejected personal character, and embraced authoritarianism and conspiracism. He shares his search for a faith that embodies the values he was taught as a child. Ward's experience and reflections will resonate with many readers who grew up in the evangelical movement as well as all those who have an interest in the health of the church and its impact on American life.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781587435775
  • ISBN: 1587435772
  • Physical Description: xii, 242 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Growing up evangelical: 1977-2000 -- Revival child -- Pro-life child -- The walls close in -- Apocalypse pretty soon -- Surrender -- Radicalized -- The new Christian Right -- Suffocation -- Separation: 2001-2012 -- Escape -- A strong man -- A dark turn -- Revelation -- Theocrats on the march -- Reformation: 2013-2022 -- Reckoning -- Disintegration -- Collapse -- Choosing not to see -- Rebuilding -- Losing reality -- A new normal -- Restoration.
Subject: Ward, Jon (Writer of politics)
Evangelicalism > Social aspects > United States.

Available copies

  • 6 of 6 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Albright Memorial Library 277.308 WARD (Text) 50686016298312 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cambria County Library 277.308 W259t (Text) 85131001889600 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library 277.308 Ward Religion (Text) 39427103736872 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Available -
Orwigsburg Area Free Public Library 277.308 WAR (Text) 3OAPL00078366R New Nonfiction Available -
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