Books by Matthew Sutton
“He argues that pre-millenarian, catastrophic apocalypticism became the dominant expression of eschatology in America after World War I. He points to World War I as being the experience that not only produced the Lost Generation, but also darkened American Protestantism and moved it in an increasingly kind of pessimistic and fatalistic evangelical direction.” Read more...
The best books on Religion in US Politics
John H. Smith, Historian
Interviews where books by Matthew Sutton were recommended
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The Puritan Origins of the American Self
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When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture
by Paul Boyer -
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American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism
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American Fascists: The Christian Right and War in America
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Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America.
by Darren Dochuk
The best books on Religion in US Politics, recommended by John H. Smith
The best books on Religion in US Politics, recommended by John H. Smith
Religion is deeply bound up with politics in the United States, in a way that is unique in the developed world and among democratic countries. Here Professor John H. Smith, a historian at Texas A&M University, looks at the historical roots of this phenomenon and its contemporary significance.
