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A leading historian of evangelicalism offers a concise history of evangelicals and how they became who they are today Evangelicalism is arguably America's most controversial religious movement. Nonevangelical people who follow the news may have a variety of impressions about what "evangelical" means. But one certain association they make with evangelicals is white Republicans. Many may recall that 81 percent of selfdescribed white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump, and they may well wonder at the seeming hypocrisy of doing so. In this illuminating book, Thomas Kidd draws on his expertise in American religious history to retrace the arc of this spiritual movement, illustrating just how historically peculiar that political and ethnic definition (white Republican) of evangelicals is.



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Thomas S. Kidd

Thomas S. Kidd teaches at Baylor University, and in Fall 2022 will begin as Research Professor of Church History at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Kidd writes at the Evangelical History blog at The Gospel Coalition. He also regularly contributes to outlets such as The Dallas Morning News and The Wall Street Journal. His newest book is Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh (Yale Press) . Other recent books include Who Is an Evangelical? The History of a Movement in Crisis (Yale Press) , and American History vols. 1 & 2 (B&H Academic) . Find him on Twitter @ThomasSKidd



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