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The Evangelical Imagination

How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

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The Evangelical Imagination

By: Karen Swallow Prior
Narrated by: Susan Hanfield
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Contemporary American evangelicalism is suffering from an identity crisis—and a lot of bad press.

In this book, acclaimed author Karen Swallow Prior examines evangelical history, both good and bad. By analyzing the literature, art, and popular culture that has surrounded evangelicalism, she unpacks some of the movement's most deeply held concepts, ideas, values, and practices to consider what is Christian rather than merely cultural. The result is a clearer path forward for evangelicals amid their current identity crisis—and insight for others who want a deeper understanding of what the term "evangelical" means today.

This book explores ideas including conversion, domesticity, empire, sentimentality, and more. In the end, it goes beyond evangelicalism to show us how we might be influenced by images, stories, and metaphors in ways we cannot always see.

©2023 Karen Swallow Prior (P)2023 eChristian Christian Living Christianity History Religious Studies

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Prior’s book made me think differently about things I had taken for granted. I found it to be a fascinating analysis of the way Evangelicals have framed their beliefs. Highly recommend!

Fascinating perspective

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I had to listen on 1.3 because the narrator was a bit slow but it sounded great at that speed.

Very interesting book has a slightly academic feel but is approachable and easy to understand.

Very good read

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