Christians are hate-filled hypocrites-- and other lies you've been told
Subtitle: a sociologist shatters myths from the secular and christian media
By: Bradley R.E. Wright.
Publisher: Bethany House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780764207464
Subjects: Evangelicalism -- United States; Christianity -- United States; Christianity -- Controversial literature; Mass media in religion -- United States
Genres: Controversial literature
Description: "A research sociologist uses statistics to reveal the state of the Evangelical Church, showing that the church is in better shape than the secular and Christian media claims"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Why do we hear so much bad news about Christianity?; title: Is American Christianity on the brink of extinction?; title: Are we losing our young people? What will happen in the future?; title: Are evangelicals all poor, uneducated, southern whites?; title: Do Christians think and do Christian things?; title: Have Christians gone wild?; title: Do Christians love others?; title: What do non-christians think of us?; title: What do we make of it all?; title: Afterword; title: Appendix 1: identifying evangelical Christians; title: Appendix 2: data sets; title: Appendix 3: bivariate vs. multivariate analysis; title: Appendix 4: statistical significance.