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American Evangelicals: A Contemporary History of A Mainstream Religious Movement (Critical Issues in American History)

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Surprisingly thorough for a 200 page book!! I stumbled upon this work researching an esoteric aspect of the Fundamentalist movement and was amazed at the depth with which Hankins treats the entire history of American Evangelicalism. I have since utilized this book as a reference for several other Graduate level Church History papers I have written. This book achieves the difficult goal of being concise without sacrificing content. Hankins writes with accuracy, clarity, and scholastic integrity.

This is a great book if you want a complete picture of the evangelical movement, its history, its problems, its leaders and direction. Hankins is a good writer and makes it all very interesting. I used this book for a thesis paper but will take it to the beach this summer to read it thoroughly.