Our Great Big American God
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Our Great Big American God

A Short History of Our Ever-Growing Deity

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eBook - ePub

Our Great Big American God

A Short History of Our Ever-Growing Deity

About this book

Americans love God. We stamp God on our money, our bumper stickers, and our bodies. Yet culture critic Matthew Paul Turner says that God didn't just change America-America changed God. As a result, do we even recognize the "real" God? Whip-smart and provocative, Turner explores the United States' vast influence on God, told through an amazing true history of faith, politics, and evangelical pyrotechnics. From Puritans to Pentecostals, from progressives to mega-pastors, Turner examines how American history and ideals transformed our perception of God-for better and worse. Fearless and funny, this is the definitive guide to the American experience of the Almighty-a story so bizarre and incredible that it could only be made in the U.S.A. Regardless of political affiliation, it will make readers reconsider the way they think about America as a "Christian nation, " and help them reimagine a better future for God and country.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Welcome
  4. Dedication
  5. Prologue
  6. Chapter One: An American Resurrection of God
  7. Chapter Two: The Total Depravity of God
  8. Chapter Three: God in the Hands of Angry People
  9. Chapter Four: The Evangelicals Are Coming!
  10. Chapter Five: The Independence of God
  11. Chapter Six: The Divided States of God
  12. Chapter Seven: God’s American Fundamentals
  13. Chapter Eight: God’s Mission According to America
  14. Chapter Nine: Holy American Spirit!
  15. Chapter Ten: One Nation Under Gods
  16. Acknowledgments
  17. About the Author
  18. Books by Matthew Paul Turner
  19. Praise for Matthew Paul Turner and OUR GREAT BIG AMERICAN GOD
  20. Notes
  21. Newsletters
  22. Table of Contents
  23. Copyright