| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Preface by Robert Mong -- Life -- With both hands he carried a cardboard box -- The return of the ring -- Cheers for the blue-collar crowd -- Signs of the spirit along the way -- There is no place like chautauqua -- Good reason to go to town -- Howard finster, man of visions -- Science, art, and matters of the soul -- A bible, a guitar, and a two-pound coffee can -- Days of hope, nights of despair -- Sights and sounds of a Sabbath day -- A world full of saints -- Church -- On the other side of Oddville -- Gospel roundup at the Cowboy Church -- Forbidden words -- Sitting down to eat with Jesus -- The fastest-growing church in America -- The church alumni association -- The public confessions of a converted preacher -- There is nothing like a choir -- The power of Resurrection Sunday -- Thousand miles from home -- End time tabernacle -- We need a new set of questions -- What I pass on the way to church -- Jesus, Jeb, and Schwarzenegger -- Culture -- The flag, the pledge, and God -- Creation and evolution in Kansas -- Where to post the Ten commandments -- Too much religion in our politics -- Nation with two stories -- What would Jesus do in Alabama? -- Keeping true to your mission -- Questions about our unborn children -- Our cultural addiction to tobacco -- Resisting the growing gun culture -- Now a word about abortion -- Where is Amos when we need him? -- Famous first lines -- Religion -- Jesus know about Jabez? -- Finding God at the movie house -- The moment of silence is here to stay -- Are we really as secular as they say? -- Man of the millennium -- Religion and the twentieth century -- Quakers celebrate a birthday -- Is freedom so dangerous to religion? -- John Paul and his words of hope -- A Baptist looks at the pope -- Meaning and martyrdom in the passion of the Christ -- Conversion is a fundamental human freedom -- Islam -- Is there a prayer you can offer for me? -- Sad story of love -- Who wants to ban the Koran? -- Islam has a problem -- Hoping for the transformation of Islam -- The coming revival of Islam -- Prison bars and powerful words -- The far side of the world -- Evangelism and the Middle East war -- Christians and Muslims in Palestine -- The ebb and flow of freedom. |
| Subject |
United States -- Church history -- 20th century.
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United States. |
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Church history. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Christianity and culture -- United States.
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Christianity and culture. |
| ISBN |
0865549915 hardback alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780865549913 |
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