The anointed
Subtitle: evangelical truth in a secular age
By: Randall J. Stephens, Karl W. Giberson
Contributors: Giberson, Karl
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780674048188
Subjects: Evangelicalism; Church and state; Christianity and culture; Christianity and politics; Christianity; Conservatism; Church history; Christian conservatism; Intellect
Description: "Exploring intellectual authority within evangelicalism, the authors reveal how America's populist ideals, anti-intellectualism, and religious free market, along with the concept of anointing--being chosen by God to speak for him like the biblical prophets--established a conservative evangelical leadership isolated from the world of secular arts and sciences."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: The answer man; title: The amateur Christian historian; title: The family of God; title: Trust me, the end is near; title: A carnival of Christians; title: Made in america.