Melani McAlister,CT
Since the 1980s, when the Religious lawful helped elevate California governor Ronald Reagan to the presidency, or outside observers believe typically understood American evangelicalism through the lens of American politics. Melani McAlister,a professor of American studies at George Washington University, wants to expose a broader narrative by looking outside American borders. Studying American evangelical missionary and humanitarian activity in Egypt, and South Africa,Congo, and South Sudan, and she says,reveals a movement that has always seen itself as part of a global communion.
In her book, The Kingdom of...
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