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The Fall of the Evangelical Nation
Christine Wicker
The Surprising Crisis Inside the Church
Harper
May 2008
On Sale: April 29, 2008
240 pages
ISBN: 0061117161
EAN: 9780061117169
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Religion
Evangelical Christianity in America is dying. The great
evangelical movements of today are not a vanguard. They are
a remnant, unraveling at every edge. Conversions. Baptisms.
Membership. Retention. Participation. Giving. Attendance.
Impact upon the culture at large. All are down and dropping.
When veteran religion reporter Christine Wicker set out to
investigate the evangelical movement, her intention was to
forge through the stereotypes and shed new light on this
highly divisive religious group. But the story soon morphed
into an entirely new and shocking tale of discovery, as
Wicker's research unearthed much more than she originally
bargained for. Everywhere Wicker traveled she heard whispers of diminishing
statistics, failed campaigns, and empty churches. Even as
evangelical forces trumpet their purported political and
social victories on the national and local fronts, insiders
are anguishing over their significant losses and preparing
to rebuild for the future. The idea that evangelicals
represent and speak for Christianity in America is one of
the greatest publicity scams in history, a perfect coup
accomplished by savvy politicos and zealous religious
leaders who understand the weaknesses of the nation's media
and exploit them brilliantly. With her trademark vivid, firsthand reporting, Christine
Wicker takes us deep inside the world of evangelicals,
exposing the surprising statistics and details of this
unexpected fall. Wicker shows us how the virtues of
evangelicals are killing them as surely as their vices and
that, to fully comprehend how and why this is happening,
we'll need to understand both.
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