Many Americans commonly associate evangelical Protestants with the
scoldings of the religious right and solicitations of money by
televangelists. Whether or not these associations are particularly
flattering, it is true that a concern for preserving a moral social
order as well as an unrelenting desire to make new converts are
traits that have defined evangelicalism throughout American
history. In this cogent account, D. G. Hart unpacks
evangelicalism's current reputation by tracing its development over
the course of the twentieth century. He shows how evangelicals
entered the century as full partners in the Protestant
denominations and agencies that molded American cultural and
intellectual life. Although the fundamentalist controversy of the
1920s marginalized evangelicals in America's largest denominations,
their views about the individual, society, and families went
virtually unchallenged in American society because of the ongoing
dominance of Protestant churches and institutions. After 1960, when
the United States entered a period sometimes called
"post-Protestant," evangelicals began to assert themselves more
aggressively in politics and culture, seeking to preserve a
Christian society. These evangelical responses to Protestantism's
waning influence in America reveal a curious feature of
twentieth-century life: despite its conformity to American ideals,
since the 1970s evangelical Protestantism has been perceived as
alien to other Americans. Mr. Hart's illuminating study offers an
explanation for this change in evangelicalism's fortunes by showing
the success and limitations of this popular religious movement.
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