The Evangelical Imagination
How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

So much writing on *evangelicalism* these days is predictable, commonplace, and unhelpfully vague or cynical that I almost didn’t pick this up. And I respect and trust KSP! But I found her voice and scholarship so levelheaded and explanatory. She didn't have to be sensational, because her academic wo......more

I had the privilege of reading an advanced copy of this book, and can't wait for it to hit the world in a few months. Dr. Karen Swallow Prior explores major themes in Evangelicalism of the last 250+/- years through the lens of literature, culture, history, politics, and more. Most books that address......more

A frustrating work. I am a fan of Dr. Prior when her work is more focused—this felt like a smattering of loosely assembled concepts, symbols, and verbiage, explained via commentary liberally cribbed from more esoteric and traditionally academic sources to create a popular academic work with an expli......more

I really enjoyed this book. I’m not as optimistic about the values of evangelicals as the author is, but it was refreshing hearing someone give a passionate defense of that tradition since it’s been getting a bit of a bad wrap of late. Most of the book centers on the importance of imagination in sha......more

The Evangelical Imagination In this book, Karen Swallow Prior takes us on a sweeping journey through the history of the evangelical movement to show us how we have gotten to the moment that we currently find ourselves in. With careful research and a healthy balance of introspection and love for the......more