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Michael Babcock
List Price: $14.99
Binding: Softcover
Page Count: 240
Trim Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4
ISBN: 978-1-4143-1860-8
CPC Sub Category: Contemporary Issues
Release Date: August 2008
With the 2008 election approaching, the Christian Right will once again be a major topic of discussion. Conservatives are concerned that America is losing its Christian heritage, and liberals are disturbed at what they see as the increasing political power of Christian conservatives. Yet both sides often share a key assumption: that America has historically been a Christian nation. In UnChristian America?, Liberty University professor Michael Babcock traces America's historical, political, and religious development to reveal the surprising truth: The country has been trending post-Christian since Jamestown, and therefore America was never really Christians' to lose. As he presents a sympathetic but candid view of the legacy of the Christian Right, Babcock challenges evangelicals to take action for moral change and prevent the slide into a post-Christian future before it's too late.

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Michael Babcock is professor of humanities at Liberty University. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, he did his doctoral work at the University of Minnesota in medieval languages and literature. He is the author of The Night Attila Died and has spoken at conferences from Harvard to Hawaii. Professor Babcock is married and has two children. He lives in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he is active in the missions and teaching mini...
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