Survival and Resistance in Evangelica..., Crawford Gribben
Survival and Resistance in Evangelica..., Crawford Gribben
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Survival and Resistance in Evangelical America
Christian Reconstruction in the Pacific Northwest

Author: Crawford Gribben

Narrator: Fred Sanders

Unabridged: 7 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/27/2022

Synopsis

Over the last thirty years, conservative evangelicals have been moving to the Northwest of the United States, where they hope to resist the impact of secular modernity and to survive the breakdown of society that they anticipate. Their activity coincides with the promotion by prominent survivalist authors of a program of migration to the "American Redoubt," a region encompassing Idaho, Montana, parts of eastern Washington and Oregon, and Wyoming, as a haven in which to endure hostile social change or natural disaster and in which to build a new social order. This book examines the origins, evolution, and cultural reach of this little-noted migration and considers what it might tell us about the future of American evangelicalism.

Drawing on Calvinist theology, the social theory of Christian Reconstruction, and libertarian politics, these believers are projecting significant soft power. Their strategy is gaining momentum, making an impact in local political and economic life, while being repackaged for a wider audience in publications by a broader coalition of conservative commentators and in American mass culture. This survivalist evangelical subculture recognizes that they have lost the culture war—but another kind of conflict is beginning.

About Crawford Gribben

Crawford Gribben is professor of history at Queen's University Belfast, and is the author of a number of books on the history of puritanism and evangelicalism, including God's Irishmen: Theological Debates in Cromwellian Ireland, Writing the Rapture: Prophecy Fiction in Evangelical America, Evangelical Millennialism in the Trans-Atlantic World, 1500-2000, and John Owen and English Puritanism: Experiences of Defeat.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Valerie on May 13, 2021

As an evangelical who lives in the Northwest, attends a CRE church, and has published an article on James Rawles website Survival Blog, I of course had to read Survival and Resistance in Evangelical America since Doug Wilson, founder of the CREC, and James Rawles are Gribben’s main subjects. I was......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on January 15, 2023

I really enjoyed this book, though because of it being rather more academic than I’m used to I had some starts and stops. Full disclosure: I already had a negative perception of this topic before reading the book. Because of this, I was impressed by the author’s ability to maintain an academic tone......more

Goodreads review by Samuel on May 25, 2021

In Survival and Resistance in Evangelical America: Christian Reconstruction in the Pacific Northwest (Oxford University Press, 2020), Crawford Gribben provides an exposé on American Evangelicalism's black sheep. Neither a hit piece nor a puff piece, Gribben is judicial and cool-headed in his descrip......more

Goodreads review by Shea on April 26, 2024

Very interesting historical survey of a movement. I'm fascinated by what was going on in American Christianity during my parents lifetime and leading up to my birth. The title really does explain the book well. Major figures examined include RJ Rushdoony, Gary North, John Wesley Rawles, and Douglas......more

Goodreads review by Eddie on December 17, 2022

A very good piece of scholarship. Demonstrating an ability to give a nuanced look to a group of Christian Reconstructionists in the PNW, Gribben provides a fine overview of the influences behind this modern Reconstruction movement, as well as how it has developed to reach places outside of this rela......more

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