Provides a discussion of the intersection of politics and religion and examines why public policy--on both sides of the political aisle--cannot be inclusive of the essential moral values of prophetic religious traditions: pro-justice, pro-peace, pro-environment, pro-equality, and pro-family.

"Two friends on opposite sides of the aisle provide a practical guide to grace-filled political conversation while challenging readers to put relationship before policy and understanding before argument. More than ever, politics seems driven by conflict and anger. People sitting together in pews every Sunday have started to feel like strangers, loved ones at the dinner table like enemies. Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers say there is a better...

Historian and evangelical christian John Fea explains in this book why 80% of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump. He argues that embracing Trump was the logical outcome of a long-standing approach to public life defined by fear, the pursuit of worldly power, and a nostalgic longing for a past America that was less complex with less varied values and races.

Through a thoughtful interrogation of the effects of faith and religion on our lives, our relationships, and our country, God Land investigates whether our divides can ever be bridged and if America can ever come together. In the wake of the 2016 election, Lenz watched as her country and her marriage were torn apart by the competing forces of faith and politics. She was bewildered by the pain and loss around her and questioned: What was happening...

"A book, geared towards conservative Christians with massappeal, that connects biblical principles with practical politics to have a lasting impact on our culture"--Provided by the publisher.

Initially a populist rebellion against the established Protestant churches, evagelicalism became the dominant religious force in the country before the Civil War, but the northerners and southerners split over the issue of slavery. After the Civil War, the northern evangelicals split, eventually causing a conflict between fundamentalists and modernists. Only after the second World War would conservative evangelicalism gain momentum, thanks in large...