In America, which has long reigned over the world as a model of modern civilisation, religious forces such as the Evangelicals are attracting increasing attention. But do we really understand the religious driving forces that lie behind the country’s divisions, including the backlash against liberalism and racial issues?
From the history of the United States since its founding, and from the Judeo-Christian worldview that underlies it, a side of America unfamiliar to us comes into view.