Jesus and Gin : Evangelicalism, the Roaring Twenties and Today's Culture Wars
, by Hankins, BarryNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780230110021 | 0230110029
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- Copyright: 8/3/2010
Jesus and Gin is a rollicking tour of the roaring twenties and the barn- burning preachers who led the temperance movementthe anti-abortion crusade of the Jazz Age.#xA0; Along the way, we meet a host of colorful characters: a Baptist minister who commits adultery in the White House; media star preachers caught in massive scandals; a presidential election hinging on a religious issue; and fundamentalists and liberals slugging it out in the culture war of the day. The religious roar of that decade was a prologue to the last three decades. With the religious right in disarray today after its long ascendancy, Jesus and Gin is a timely look at a parallel age when preachers held sway and politicians answered to the pulpit.#xA0;