The Immoral Majority, Ben Howe
The Immoral Majority, Ben Howe
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The Immoral Majority
Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power Over Christian Values

Author: Ben Howe

Narrator: Marc William

Unabridged: 8 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 08/13/2019


Synopsis

Evangelicals are losing the culture war. What if it’s their fault?In 2016, writer and filmmaker Ben Howe found himself disillusioned with the religious movement he’d always called home. In the pursuit of electoral victory, many American evangelicals embraced moral relativism and toxic partisanship. Whatever happened to the Moral Majority, who headed to Washington in the ’80s to plant the flag of Christian values? Where were the Christian leaders that emerged from that movement and led the charge against Bill Clinton for his deception and unfaithfulness? Was all that a sham? Or have they just lost sight of why they wanted to win in the first place? From the 1980s scandals till today, evangelicals have often been caricatured as a congregation of judgmental and prudish rubes taken in by thundering pastors consumed with greed and lust for power. Did the critics have a point?In The Immoral Majority, Howe—still a believer and still deeply conservative—analyzes and debunks the intellectual dishonesty and manipulative rhetoric which evangelical leaders use to convince Christians to toe the Republican Party line. He walks us through the history of the Christian Right, as well as the events of the last three decades which led to the current state of the conservative movement at large. As long as evangelicals prioritize power over persuasion, Howe argues, their pews will be empty and their national influence will dwindle. If evangelicals hope to avoid cultural irrelevance going forward, it will mean valuing the eternal over the ephemeral, humility over ego, and resisting the seduction of political power, no matter the cost. The Immoral Majority demonstrates how the Religious Right is choosing the profits of this world at the cost of its soul—and why it’s not too late to change course.

About Ben Howe

Ben Howe is a writer, podcaster, and film - maker, as well as the founder of Howe Creative, a video production company. He has appeared as a commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News, and has written guest columns for the Atlantic, the Washington Examiner, and the Daily Beast, among other publications. You can follow him on Twitter at @BenHowe


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tom on September 01, 2019

An evangelical takes evangelicalism to task for surrendering it's theology in order to win, and in so winning, evangelicalism has lost its soul, its ability to witness to Christ, and to truly influence the world. Rather than trusting God, evangelicals decided to take over the government to further t......more

Goodreads review by Mark on August 22, 2019

I am not a Christian. Howe is a Christian and speaking to his fellow Christians so take my rating with a grain of salt. The book is filled with Christian scriptures and his ideas on what are Christian values. Any new republican (those who are republicans after the nomination of President Trump) will......more

Goodreads review by HR-ML on March 06, 2024

Made it to 55% mark. Gave this 2 of 5 stars. The author (hereafter BH) started off saying we are all flawed human beings who need to forgive & be forgiven. Ben grew up in an evangelical Christian home. His father had a PhD and was a preacher and eventual professor at Liberty University. Ben got into......more

Goodreads review by Leslie on January 06, 2020

It's important to know that I am a professing born-again, career-homeschooling Christian. Lest you assume the author is a "left-wing, Christian-hating atheist" (or any other prejudiced assumption), it's also important to know that the author, Ben Howe, is a died-in-the-wool Christian too. So Howe's......more

Goodreads review by Joelle on January 18, 2021

This book is everything that Conservatives need to hear, both those who are for and against Trump. This book is everything that Progressive Christians and those who are simply on the left should read as well, but mainly those who identify as Progressive. I voted for Trump in 2016, with no illusions......more