{"product_id":"chosen-land-how-christianity-made-america-and-americans-remade-christianity-9781541646339","title":"Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity","description":"\u003cb\u003eA sweeping history of Christianity in America, from the arrival of the first Europeans to the political triumphs of evangelicalism, showing the powerful, singular role the faith has always played in American public life. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Fast-paced and lucidly written ... Required reading for anyone who wants to understand American religion, and for anyone who wants to understand America.\" --Kristin Kobes Du Mez, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eJesus and John Wayne\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the United States today, there is no faith more dominant than Christianity. In \u003ci\u003eChosen Land\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Matthew Avery Sutton chronicles Christians' five-hundred-year endeavor to turn North America into their version of the kingdom of God, revealing the fruitful and dynamic entanglement between the history of America and the history of American Christianity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the centuries after Christianity first arrived on American shores, colonizers and colonized from New England to Spanish California practiced many varieties of the faith. After the founding of the United States, the nation's lack of a state religion forced new and evolving strains of Christianity to battle for potential adherents, as they still do to this day. As American Christianity has bent, fractured, and adapted to changing times, Christian belief has shaped everything from the promise of Manifest Destiny to Ronald Reagan's approach to the Cold War, the rise of the Southern Lost Cause narrative to the triumphs of the civil rights movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A landmark work of narrative synthesis tracing the faith's major figures and currents, \u003ci\u003eChosen Land\u003c\/i\u003e confirms the unique place that American Christianity--always both steadfast and precarious--occupies at the center of our shared history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Avery Sutton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.47h x 6.35w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541646339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Avery Sutton\u003c\/b\u003e is the Claudius O. and Mary Johnson Distinguished Professor and department chair in history at Washington State University. He is the author of five other books on the history of American Christianity, including \u003ci\u003eDouble Crossed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e, and the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship. He lives in Pullman, Washington.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Matthew Avery Sutton \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47711882018973,"sku":"9781541646339","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_100babde-b3cc-4d38-885d-b1f18eb7df02.jpg?v=1773170364","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/chosen-land-how-christianity-made-america-and-americans-remade-christianity-9781541646339","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}