The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory : American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

New York Times Bestseller A timely, rigorously reported, and deeply personal examination of the divisions that threaten to destroy the American evangelical movement from the award-winning journalist and staff writer for The Atlantic and author of the bestselling American Carnage. “Tim Alberta delivers another essential read. It is substantive, news-filled and personal. . . . Alberta is a fine guide to the world of conservative US Christians, their dispiriting march to the right, and its ugly cost.—Guardian In The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, Tim Alberta, a practicing Christian and the son of a Presbyterian pastor, paints an expansive and profoundly troubling portrait of the American evangelical movement. For millions of conservative Christians, America is their kingdom. This love of country, however, has given way to right-wing nationalist fervor, a reckless blood-and-soil idolatry that trivializes the kingdom of Jesus Christ. Alberta retraces the arc of the modern evangelical mo