American Apocalypse
A History of Modern Evangelicalism

to this book, Dr. Sutton helpfully defines the various terms he uses to describe different groups within modern evangelicalism. “I use the general term ‘evangelical’ to refer to Christians situated broadly in the Reformed and Wesleyan traditions who over the last few centuries have emphasized the c......more

The author knows what Evangelicalism is and defines it well in the introduction. He then goes on to talk about the history of a slice of Evangelicalism that is enamored with the apocalypse. If it was subtitled something like "A History of the usage of the Apocalypse in American Evangelicalism" I wou......more

First off - the cover is amazing! I don't know if Matthew Avery Sutton or the publisher titled the book, but a better subtitle would have been "A History of Modern Premillennialism" as the movement typically associated with evangelicalism (the mid-20th century generation including Carl F.H. Henry, Ha......more

I don't envy Matthew Avery Sutton's task here, which is to craft an engaging narrative, which he does, about a miserable, small-minded, colorless group of leaders, who identified any important national or world development as either a sign of Christ's coming and a harbinger of the apocalypse, and th......more

the more cultural history i read, the more i wonder if i need to be a social historian. this is a fantastic read and pulls through the thread of apocalyptic theology and ideology in 20th century america. sutton shows so much important transformation from fundamentalism to evangelicalism while also s......more