In this look at evangelicalism in the United States, the author contests the widely ascribed southernization of American religion thesis, or the idea that the recent resurgence of born-again Christianity represents the spread of southern-style religion from the historically conservative, Protestant South to America's mainstream. He argues that even as evangelicalism changes the face of American culture, it is transformed by its encounter with secularism.
In this look at evangelicalism in the United States, the author contests the widely ascribed southernization of American religion thesis, or the idea ...
