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Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
Randall Balmer
A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America
Oxford University Press
May 2006
On Sale: April 26, 2006
398 pages ISBN: 0195300467 EAN: 9780195300468 Paperback
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Non-Fiction Religion
Randall Balmer's Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory is an
insightful and engaging journey into the world of
conservative Christians in America. Originally published
fifteen years ago and the basis for an award-winning PBS
documentary, this timely new edition arrives just as recent
elections have left an ever-growing number of secular
Americans wondering exactly how the other half thinks.
From Oregon to Florida, and from Texas to North Dakota,
Balmer offers an immensely readable tour of the highways
and byways of American evangelicalism. We visit a revival
meeting in Florida, an Indian reservation in the Dakotas, a
trade show for Christian booksellers, and a fundamentalist
Bible camp in the Adirondacks.
For this fourth edition, Balmer adds two chapters, one on
the phenomenally popular "Painter of Light," Thomas
Kinkade, and one on Rick Warren, author of The Purpose-
Driven Life. Through the eyes of these and other people
Balmer meets on his journeys, we arrive at a more accurate
and balanced understanding of an abiding tradition that, as
the author argues, is both rich in theological insights and
mired in contradictions. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
offers readers a genuine insight into the appeal that the
evangelicals movement holds for thousands of Americans.
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