{"product_id":"the-politics-of-evangelical-identity-local-churches-and-partisan-divides-in-the-united-states-and-canada-9780691173702","title":"The Politics of Evangelical Identity: Local Churches and Partisan Divides in the United States and Canada","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comparative look at evangelical churches across the U.S.-Canada border that reveals deep political differences\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is now a common refrain among liberals that Christian Right pastors and television pundits have hijacked evangelical Christianity for partisan gain. \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Evangelical Identity\u003c\/i\u003e challenges this notion, arguing that the hijacking metaphor paints a fundamentally distorted picture of how evangelical churches have become politicized. The book reveals how the powerful coalition between evangelicals and the Republican Party is not merely a creation of political elites who have framed conservative issues in religious language, but is anchored in the lives of local congregations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on her groundbreaking research at evangelical churches near the U.S. border with Canada-two in Buffalo, New York, and two in Hamilton, Ontario-Lydia Bean compares how American and Canadian evangelicals talk about politics in congregational settings. While Canadian evangelicals share the same theology and conservative moral attitudes as their American counterparts, their politics are quite different. On the U.S. side of the border, political conservatism is woven into the very fabric of everyday religious practice. Bean shows how subtle partisan cues emerge in small group interactions as members define how \"we Christians\" should relate to others in the broader civic arena, while liberals are cast in the role of adversaries. She explains how the most explicit partisan cues come not from clergy but rather from lay opinion leaders who help their less politically engaged peers to link evangelical identity to conservative politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Evangelical Identity\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how deep the ties remain between political conservatism and evangelical Christianity in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lydia Bean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691173702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLydia Bean\u003c\/b\u003e is senior consultant to the PICO National Network, the largest multiracial network in the United States bringing low- and moderate-income faith communities into public life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40406462726259,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":53.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7e6df47c-f02b-4af0-8e04-92b34b2faf96.jpg?v=1662040837","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-politics-of-evangelical-identity-local-churches-and-partisan-divides-in-the-united-states-and-canada-9780691173702","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}