Review and Response to “The Evangelicals” by Frances Fitzgerald -

“The Evangelicals” by Frances Fitzgerald is many things. It’s huge for one thing. There are 636 pages of reading materials. And that’s not counting bibliography and notes at the end.

It’s chock full of stories. It’s a running narrative of an assortment of Evangelical figures throughout American history, but with a large section devoted to the time from WWII on. The book ends in 2016, not really dealing with the role of Evangelicals’ influence in the previous administration. But even without that, this book is really good.

And it’s not exactly kind of evangelicals. Not because the author goes on some kind of attack, but rather because the author shows the arguments, beliefs, and disputes in the words of the men who made them. They haven’t weathered well.

Also, please understand, I’m not an evangelical. I was born and raised Roman Catholic and became Lutheran in my 30’s. In many ways, especially in the current state of evangelicalism, evangelicalism feels like a different religion. With that said, I think learning about evangelicalism is important because it has had such an impact and influence on America.

If you want to have a deeper understanding of the Evangelical movement in America, understand the trajectory of the movement, and have an understanding of…