Jesus and Gin
Evangelicalism, the Roaring Twenties and Today's Culture Wars
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church History, General Christianity
| Author: | Barry Hankins | ISBN: | 9780230110021 |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Press | Publication: | August 3, 2010 |
| Imprint: | St. Martin's Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Barry Hankins |
| ISBN: | 9780230110021 |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Press |
| Publication: | August 3, 2010 |
| Imprint: | St. Martin's Press |
| Language: | English |
Jesus and Gin is a rollicking tour of the roaring twenties and the barn- burning preachers who led the temperance movement—the anti-abortion crusade of the Jazz Age. Along the way, we meet a host of colorful characters: a Baptist minister who commits adultery in the White House; media star preachers caught in massive scandals; a presidential election hinging on a religious issue; and fundamentalists and liberals slugging it out in the culture war of the day. The religious roar of that decade was a prologue to the last three decades. With the religious right in disarray today after its long ascendancy, Jesus and Gin is a timely look at a parallel age when preachers held sway and politicians answered to the pulpit.
Jesus and Gin is a rollicking tour of the roaring twenties and the barn- burning preachers who led the temperance movement—the anti-abortion crusade of the Jazz Age. Along the way, we meet a host of colorful characters: a Baptist minister who commits adultery in the White House; media star preachers caught in massive scandals; a presidential election hinging on a religious issue; and fundamentalists and liberals slugging it out in the culture war of the day. The religious roar of that decade was a prologue to the last three decades. With the religious right in disarray today after its long ascendancy, Jesus and Gin is a timely look at a parallel age when preachers held sway and politicians answered to the pulpit.
