You've probably seen Tim Alberta being interviewed on news stations this month. He's the author of The New York Times bestseller, The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory/ American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism.
You've probably also seen Russell Moore, author of Losing Our Religion. Moore was a Southern Baptist preacher who rose to the highest ranks in the Southern Baptist Convention. But he was hounded by other members for not supporting Donald Trump. Finally, he decided that his church home was no longer home.
The two men know each other--as do so many devout Christians who have left the church after being treated badly for not rubber stamping the choice of many evangelical Christians.
If you've ever wondered why evangelical Christians are so devoted to Donald Trump--despite his being as far from a Jesus figure as you can imagine--these books artfully explain the historical lead up to their obsession with him. They want--according to the pastor of Dallas First Baptist--(and I paraphrase): "Not a sweet turn-the-other-cheek kind of guy but a real SOB to save our country."
Both books are excellent, (Alberta devotes an entire chapter to the charismatic Russell Moore).The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory is one of the best of several books on this mystifying marriage of America and Church I've read.
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