America's Battle for GodA theologian and ecumenical consultant who has served in the World Council of Churches, the Lutheran Church, and Costa Rica, M ller-Fahrenholz tries to make some sense of religious undercurrents in the public culture and political life of the US. He hopes that an outsider may be able to identify elements that Americans are too close to see, acknowl |
Contents
The Messianic Experiment | 1 |
EndTime Religion in America | 23 |
Winner Takes Too Much | 49 |
Why Do They Hate Us? | 72 |
Clash of Fundamentalisms | 115 |
The Battle for God in America | 143 |
Reinventing America | 165 |
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