🌱 Reform And Revival

Histories of movements that sought to purify and reinvigorate institutions—religious, political, or cultural—by returning to foundational principles with renewed fervor.

The Unquenchable Flame

by Michael Reeves • 2009

A verse in Romans split Western Christianity. The argument it started still isn't settled.

4.49

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🏛️ Reformation History ✝️ Faith Alone 📖 Biblical Authority

The Unquenchable Flame 90%

A verse in Romans split Western Christianity. The argument it started still isn't settled.

by Michael Reeves 2009

4.49

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Reformation History ✝️ Faith Alone 📖 Biblical Authority

The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney

by Charles Grandison Finney • 1876

A lawyer turned preacher whose blunt sermons emptied a factory floor in a single afternoon.

3.83

448

🔥 American Revivalism 🕊️ Holiness Movement 🙏 Prayer And Intercession

The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney Summary

The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney 90%

A lawyer turned preacher whose blunt sermons emptied a factory floor in a single afternoon.

by Charles Grandison Finney 1876

3.83

448 ratings

🔥 American Revivalism 🕊️ Holiness Movement 🙏 Prayer And Intercession

Living for God's Glory

by Joel R. Beeke • 2008

Beyond predestination: Calvinism's comprehensive piety for work, marriage, and public life.

4.44

376

📖 Reformed Theology ✝️ Doctrines Of Grace 🙏 Reformed Spirituality

Living for God's Glory 89%

Beyond predestination: Calvinism's comprehensive piety for work, marriage, and public life.

by Joel R. Beeke 2008

4.44

376 ratings

📖 Reformed Theology ✝️ Doctrines Of Grace 🙏 Reformed Spirituality

The Soul Winner

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon • 1895

Spurgeon's manual for evangelism: why your holiness, sincerity, and love matter more than technique.

4.46

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👋 Personal Evangelism ⛪️ Evangelistic Preaching 🌟 Spiritual Transformation

The Soul Winner 89%

Spurgeon's manual for evangelism: why your holiness, sincerity, and love matter more than technique.

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1895

4.46

2k+ ratings

👋 Personal Evangelism ⛪️ Evangelistic Preaching 🌟 Spiritual Transformation

Amazing Grace

by Eric Metaxas • 2007

One man's faith, one damning diagram, and two decades of defeats: how the slave trade fell.

4.21

9k+

🔗 Abolitionist History ✝️ Christian Biography ⛪ Faith In Politics

Amazing Grace 89%

One man's faith, one damning diagram, and two decades of defeats: how the slave trade fell.

by Eric Metaxas 2007

4.21

9k+ ratings

🔗 Abolitionist History ✝️ Christian Biography ⛪ Faith In Politics

William Branham, A man sent from God

by Gordon Lindsay

In 1949, a skeptical photographer took a preacher's picture and captured a halo of light instead.

4.39

🕊️ Healing Revival ⛪ Pentecostal History 🙏 Faith Healing

William Branham, A man sent from God Summary

William Branham, A man sent from God 89%

In 1949, a skeptical photographer took a preacher's picture and captured a halo of light instead.

by Gordon Lindsay

4.39

46 ratings

🕊️ Healing Revival ⛪ Pentecostal History 🙏 Faith Healing

A More Perfect Constitution

by Larry J. Sabato • 2007

Twenty-three fixes for a rusty Constitution: bigger Congress, term limits, a state convention.

3.66

335

🏛️ Constitutional Reform 🗳️ Electoral Reform ⚖️ Judicial Reform

A More Perfect Constitution 89%

Twenty-three fixes for a rusty Constitution: bigger Congress, term limits, a state convention.

by Larry J. Sabato 2007

3.66

335 ratings

🏛️ Constitutional Reform 🗳️ Electoral Reform ⚖️ Judicial Reform

The Evangelicals

by Frances FitzGerald • 2017

Evangelicals keep fracturing and reassembling. A 250-year history of America's most restless faith.

4.16

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⛪ American Religious History 🏛️ Political History 📜 Fundamentalism

The Evangelicals 89%

Evangelicals keep fracturing and reassembling. A 250-year history of America's most restless faith.

by Frances FitzGerald 2017

4.16

2k+ ratings

⛪ American Religious History 🏛️ Political History 📜 Fundamentalism

Shaped by the Gospel

by Timothy J. Keller • 2016

Churches default to moralism. The reset is grace received as news you never stop needing.

4.36

336

⛪ Pastoral Theology 🔄 Church Renewal 📜 Reformed Theology

Shaped by the Gospel 89%

Churches default to moralism. The reset is grace received as news you never stop needing.

by Timothy J. Keller 2016

4.36

336 ratings

⛪ Pastoral Theology 🔄 Church Renewal 📜 Reformed Theology

Martin Luther

by Eric Metaxas • 2017

A thunderstorm vow, a tormented monk, and the conscience that broke the medieval church.

4.15

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📜 Reformation History ✝️ Religious Biography ⚖️ Conscience And Conviction

Martin Luther 89%

A thunderstorm vow, a tormented monk, and the conscience that broke the medieval church.

by Eric Metaxas 2017

4.15

9k+ ratings

📜 Reformation History ✝️ Religious Biography ⚖️ Conscience And Conviction

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

by Benjamin M. Friedman • 2021

America still fights eighteenth-century religious battles. It just calls them economics now.

3.89

357

🧠 Intellectual History 💡 Economic Thought ⛪ American Protestantism

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism Summary

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism 89%

America still fights eighteenth-century religious battles. It just calls them economics now.

by Benjamin M. Friedman 2021

3.89

357 ratings

🧠 Intellectual History 💡 Economic Thought ⛪ American Protestantism

Seven Women

by Eric Metaxas • 2015

The seven women history admires had something in common that most accounts leave out.

4.18

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🕊️ Christian Biography 🙏 Heroines Of Faith 🔥 Faith Under Fire

Seven Women 89%

The seven women history admires had something in common that most accounts leave out.

by Eric Metaxas 2015

4.18

7k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Biography 🙏 Heroines Of Faith 🔥 Faith Under Fire

Progressivism

by Walter Nugent • 2009

The landmark Progressive Era reforms owed less to urban crusaders than to angry farmers.

3.48

125

🏛️ Progressive Era 💰 Gilded Age 🗳️ Political Reform

Progressivism 89%

The landmark Progressive Era reforms owed less to urban crusaders than to angry farmers.

by Walter Nugent 2009

3.48

125 ratings

🏛️ Progressive Era 💰 Gilded Age 🗳️ Political Reform

The Cross and the Switchblade

by David Wilkerson • 1963

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

4.27

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🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery

The Cross and the Switchblade 89%

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

by David Wilkerson 1963

4.27

60k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery

Letters to the Church

by Francis Chan • 2018

Modern churches traded God's design for comfort. The path back is smaller, harder, and ancient.

4.28

16k+

🏛️ Ecclesiology 🔄 Church Reform 🏠 Simple Church

Letters to the Church 89%

Modern churches traded God's design for comfort. The path back is smaller, harder, and ancient.

by Francis Chan 2018

4.28

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Ecclesiology 🔄 Church Reform 🏠 Simple Church

Dorothy Day

by Robert Coles • 1987

She called her church a scandal and spent sixty years feeding the poor in its name.

4.15

338

✝️ Conversion Stories 🕊️ Christian Pacifism 🤲 Social Justice And Faith

Dorothy Day 89%

She called her church a scandal and spent sixty years feeding the poor in its name.

by Robert Coles 1987

4.15

338 ratings

✝️ Conversion Stories 🕊️ Christian Pacifism 🤲 Social Justice And Faith

There Is More!

by Randy Clark • 2011

The Spirit's gifts transfer. What impartation unlocks, and why the Bible treats it as basic.

4.31

309

🔥 Charismatic Christianity 🎁 Spiritual Gifts 🌊 Revival And Renewal

There Is More! 89%

The Spirit's gifts transfer. What impartation unlocks, and why the Bible treats it as basic.

by Randy Clark 2011

4.31

309 ratings

🔥 Charismatic Christianity 🎁 Spiritual Gifts 🌊 Revival And Renewal

The Gospel Focus of Charles Spurgeon

by Steven J. Lawson • 2012

Spurgeon held that Calvinism and evangelism fuel each other. The most published preacher proves it.

4.31

1k+

🏛️ Reformed Theology 📖 Gospel Preaching ✝️ Doctrines Of Grace

The Gospel Focus of Charles Spurgeon Summary

The Gospel Focus of Charles Spurgeon 89%

Spurgeon held that Calvinism and evangelism fuel each other. The most published preacher proves it.

by Steven J. Lawson 2012

4.31

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Reformed Theology 📖 Gospel Preaching ✝️ Doctrines Of Grace

Gospel People

by Michael Reeves • 2022

Evangelicalism was never a cultural tribe. It is a theological commitment to the gospel of Christ.

4.33

432

📜 Evangelical Identity ✝️ Gospel Centrality 📖 Reformation Theology

Gospel People 89%

Evangelicalism was never a cultural tribe. It is a theological commitment to the gospel of Christ.

by Michael Reeves 2022

4.33

432 ratings

📜 Evangelical Identity ✝️ Gospel Centrality 📖 Reformation Theology

The Dangerous Act of Worship

by Mark Labberton • 2007

The test of worship is not the music but the justice that follows. Most congregations fail.

3.93

340

⛪ Liturgical Theology 🔥 Prophetic Imagination 🌿 Sabbath Keeping

The Dangerous Act of Worship 89%

The test of worship is not the music but the justice that follows. Most congregations fail.

by Mark Labberton 2007

3.93

340 ratings

⛪ Liturgical Theology 🔥 Prophetic Imagination 🌿 Sabbath Keeping

Smith Wigglesworth

by Stanley H. Frodsham • 1984

A Yorkshire plumber stepped up and the deaf heard. What he knew that critics couldn't explain.

4.52

303

🩹 Faith Healing 🔥 Early Pentecostalism 🙌 Bold Faith

Smith Wigglesworth 89%

A Yorkshire plumber stepped up and the deaf heard. What he knew that critics couldn't explain.

by Stanley H. Frodsham 1984

4.52

303 ratings

🩹 Faith Healing 🔥 Early Pentecostalism 🙌 Bold Faith

Nine Marks of a Healthy Church

by Mark Dever • 1997

A healthy church isn't the biggest in town. The biblical yardstick measures what attendance cannot.

4.29

5k+

⛪ Church Health 📚 Ecclesiology 📖 Expositional Preaching

Nine Marks of a Healthy Church 89%

A healthy church isn't the biggest in town. The biblical yardstick measures what attendance cannot.

by Mark Dever 1997

4.29

5k+ ratings

⛪ Church Health 📚 Ecclesiology 📖 Expositional Preaching

Dynamics of Spiritual Life

by Richard F. Lovelace • 1979

A framework for revival: grace, holiness, the Spirit's filling, and authority over darkness.

4.31

463

🕊️ Spiritual Renewal 📖 Evangelical Theology ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Dynamics of Spiritual Life 89%

A framework for revival: grace, holiness, the Spirit's filling, and authority over darkness.

by Richard F. Lovelace 1979

4.31

463 ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Renewal 📖 Evangelical Theology ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Lectures on Calvinism

by Abraham Kuyper • 1932

The engine behind modern democracy, science, and art? Calvinism, not secularism.

4.06

2k+

📜 Calvinism 🛐 Reformed Theology 🌐 Worldview Studies

Lectures on Calvinism 88%

The engine behind modern democracy, science, and art? Calvinism, not secularism.

by Abraham Kuyper 1932

4.06

2k+ ratings

📜 Calvinism 🛐 Reformed Theology 🌐 Worldview Studies

Republic, Lost

by Lawrence Lessig • 2011

America's government answers to funders, not voters. The corruption is legal, and it's by design.

4.18

3k+

💰 Money In Politics 🗳️ Election Reform 🔗 Systemic Corruption

Republic, Lost 88%

America's government answers to funders, not voters. The corruption is legal, and it's by design.

by Lawrence Lessig 2011

4.18

3k+ ratings

💰 Money In Politics 🗳️ Election Reform 🔗 Systemic Corruption

Immeasurable

by Skye Jethani • 2017

Romanticism, not Scripture, is behind the church's authenticity obsession. The crash is measurable.

4.28

345

🏛️ Church Leadership 🔄 Leadership Fads 🌀 Postmodernism

Immeasurable 88%

Romanticism, not Scripture, is behind the church's authenticity obsession. The crash is measurable.

by Skye Jethani 2017

4.28

345 ratings

🏛️ Church Leadership 🔄 Leadership Fads 🌀 Postmodernism

Why the Catholic Church Must Change

by Margaret Nutting Ralph • 2013

One in three Catholics has left. The way back, a theologian argues, is reform not rigidity.

3.96

🕊️ Catholic Reform 🫂 Pastoral Care 💭 Primacy Of Conscience

Why the Catholic Church Must Change Summary

Why the Catholic Church Must Change 88%

One in three Catholics has left. The way back, a theologian argues, is reform not rigidity.

by Margaret Nutting Ralph 2013

3.96

28 ratings

🕊️ Catholic Reform 🫂 Pastoral Care 💭 Primacy Of Conscience

Jonathan Edwards

by George M. Marsden • 2003

He felt God in a thunderstorm, wrote a sermon about a dangling spider, and was fired by his church.

4.34

2k+

🏛️ Religious Biography 🏹 Colonial America 🧠 Intellectual Biography

Jonathan Edwards 88%

He felt God in a thunderstorm, wrote a sermon about a dangling spider, and was fired by his church.

by George M. Marsden 2003

4.34

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Religious Biography 🏹 Colonial America 🧠 Intellectual Biography

Three Simple Rules

by Rueben P. Job • 2007

Three practices that heal division: simple enough to teach a child, costly enough to change a life.

4.19

631

🏛️ Wesleyan Theology 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 📜 Rule Of Life

Three Simple Rules 88%

Three practices that heal division: simple enough to teach a child, costly enough to change a life.

by Rueben P. Job 2007

4.19

631 ratings

🏛️ Wesleyan Theology 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 📜 Rule Of Life

The Making of Martin Luther

by Richard Rex • 2017

A misremembered sentence and a desperate hunger for certainty: the Reformation's hidden engine.

3.94

📜 Reformation History 🧠 Intellectual History 🔄 Revisionist History

The Making of Martin Luther 88%

A misremembered sentence and a desperate hunger for certainty: the Reformation's hidden engine.

by Richard Rex 2017

3.94

64 ratings

📜 Reformation History 🧠 Intellectual History 🔄 Revisionist History

Founding Faith

by Steven Waldman • 2008

The founders wanted religious freedom not despite their faith, but because of it.

4.07

872

🕊️ Religious Freedom ⛪ Church And State 🎩 Founding Fathers

Founding Faith 88%

The founders wanted religious freedom not despite their faith, but because of it.

by Steven Waldman 2008

4.07

872 ratings

🕊️ Religious Freedom ⛪ Church And State 🎩 Founding Fathers

The Thrill of Orthodoxy

by Trevin K. Wax • 2022

Boredom with doctrine, not doubt, is Christianity's real crisis. And the creed is the adventure.

4.25

694

🕊️ Mere Christianity 📜 Historic Orthodoxy 🌊 Theological Drift

The Thrill of Orthodoxy 88%

Boredom with doctrine, not doubt, is Christianity's real crisis. And the creed is the adventure.

by Trevin K. Wax 2022

4.25

694 ratings

🕊️ Mere Christianity 📜 Historic Orthodoxy 🌊 Theological Drift

Heretics and Heroes

by Thomas Cahill • 2013

Plague, print, and an obstinate monk shattered medieval Europe. The replacement is still here.

3.80

2k+

📜 Cultural History 🎨 Renaissance Art ⛪ Protestant Reformation

Heretics and Heroes 88%

Plague, print, and an obstinate monk shattered medieval Europe. The replacement is still here.

by Thomas Cahill 2013

3.80

2k+ ratings

📜 Cultural History 🎨 Renaissance Art ⛪ Protestant Reformation

Building a New American State

by Stephen Skowronek • 1982

Before the New Deal, there was the Progressive Era: how America built its administrative state.

3.75

🇺🇸 American Politics 🏗️ State Building ⏳ Progressive Era

Building a New American State 88%

Before the New Deal, there was the Progressive Era: how America built its administrative state.

by Stephen Skowronek 1982

3.75

57 ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 🏗️ State Building ⏳ Progressive Era

Defining Moments

by Bill Johnson • 2015

Wesley, Finney, and Moody were spiritual nobodies. One God-encounter later, they rewrote history.

4.37

211

✝️ Heroes Of The Faith 🔥 Revival History 🕊️ Holy Spirit Encounters

Defining Moments 88%

Wesley, Finney, and Moody were spiritual nobodies. One God-encounter later, they rewrote history.

by Bill Johnson 2015

4.37

211 ratings

✝️ Heroes Of The Faith 🔥 Revival History 🕊️ Holy Spirit Encounters

The Unintended Reformation

by Brad S. Gregory • 2012

Christian reformers tried to save the faith. They accidentally built the secular West instead.

4.03

388

📜 Reformation History 🏛️ Western Secularization 🔀 Unintended Consequences

The Unintended Reformation 88%

Christian reformers tried to save the faith. They accidentally built the secular West instead.

by Brad S. Gregory 2012

4.03

388 ratings

📜 Reformation History 🏛️ Western Secularization 🔀 Unintended Consequences

Smith Wigglesworth

by Albert Hibbert • 1982

How a Yorkshire plumber developed a faith that healed thousands, and what it takes.

4.46

391

🙌 Faith Healing 🔥 Pentecostalism 📖 Spiritual Biography

Smith Wigglesworth 88%

How a Yorkshire plumber developed a faith that healed thousands, and what it takes.

by Albert Hibbert 1982

4.46

391 ratings

🙌 Faith Healing 🔥 Pentecostalism 📖 Spiritual Biography

The Christian Life

by Sinclair B. Ferguson • 1981

Christian living fails without Christian doctrine. A short guide to the truths that sustain it.

4.40

742

📜 Reformed Theology 📚 Systematic Theology 🕊️ Sanctification

The Christian Life 88%

Christian living fails without Christian doctrine. A short guide to the truths that sustain it.

by Sinclair B. Ferguson 1981

4.40

742 ratings

📜 Reformed Theology 📚 Systematic Theology 🕊️ Sanctification

Tattoos on the Heart

by Gregory Boyle • 2009

Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.

4.49

31k+

🕊️ Restorative Justice ⛪ Urban Ministry 🔄 Gang Rehabilitation

Tattoos on the Heart 88%

Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.

by Gregory Boyle 2009

4.49

31k+ ratings

🕊️ Restorative Justice ⛪ Urban Ministry 🔄 Gang Rehabilitation

The Pursuit of Holiness

by Jerry Bridges • 1978

God commands holiness. Good intentions will not get you there. This is the training regimen.

4.35

26k+

🕊️ Personal Holiness 🏋️ Spiritual Disciplines ⚔️ Mortification Of Sin

The Pursuit of Holiness 88%

God commands holiness. Good intentions will not get you there. This is the training regimen.

by Jerry Bridges 1978

4.35

26k+ ratings

🕊️ Personal Holiness 🏋️ Spiritual Disciplines ⚔️ Mortification Of Sin

On Temptation and the Mortification of Sin in Believers

by John Owen • 2013

Why indwelling sin doesn't weaken with time, and what actually kills it.

4.36

103

📜 Puritan Theology 🕊️ Reformed Spirituality 🔥 Sin And Sanctification

On Temptation and the Mortification of Sin in Believers Summary

On Temptation and the Mortification of Sin in Believers 88%

Why indwelling sin doesn't weaken with time, and what actually kills it.

by John Owen 2013

4.36

103 ratings

📜 Puritan Theology 🕊️ Reformed Spirituality 🔥 Sin And Sanctification

The Ballot and the Bible

by Kaitlyn Schiess • 2023

American politics runs on biblical proof texts. The history of why that fails, and a better way.

4.22

2k+

🏛️ Religion And Politics 📖 Biblical Interpretation ✝️ Political Theology

The Ballot and the Bible 88%

American politics runs on biblical proof texts. The history of why that fails, and a better way.

by Kaitlyn Schiess 2023

4.22

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Religion And Politics 📖 Biblical Interpretation ✝️ Political Theology

The Religious Affections

by Jonathan Edwards • 1746

Religious feelings can burn bright and still be counterfeit. A Puritan's test for genuine faith.

4.24

6k+

📜 Puritan Theology 🔍 Religious Discernment 🌄 Spiritual Experience

The Religious Affections 88%

Religious feelings can burn bright and still be counterfeit. A Puritan's test for genuine faith.

by Jonathan Edwards 1746

4.24

6k+ ratings

📜 Puritan Theology 🔍 Religious Discernment 🌄 Spiritual Experience

Bad Faith

by Randall Balmer • 2021

The Religious Right was born not from Roe but from a fight to defend segregated Christian schools.

4.25

672

📖 American Evangelicalism ⚖️ Abortion Politics 🚫 Racial Segregation

Bad Faith 88%

The Religious Right was born not from Roe but from a fight to defend segregated Christian schools.

by Randall Balmer 2021

4.25

672 ratings

📖 American Evangelicalism ⚖️ Abortion Politics 🚫 Racial Segregation

Broken Words

by Jonathan Dudley • 2011

How the Religious Right built its power on beliefs the Bible never required.

4.25

134

🗳️ Evangelical Politics 📖 Biblical Interpretation 🔬 Christianity And Science

Broken Words 88%

How the Religious Right built its power on beliefs the Bible never required.

by Jonathan Dudley 2011

4.25

134 ratings

🗳️ Evangelical Politics 📖 Biblical Interpretation 🔬 Christianity And Science

R. C. Sproul

by Stephen J. Nichols • 2021

A midnight encounter with God's holiness turned a Pittsburgh kid into a warrior for biblical truth.

4.56

1k+

✝️ Reformed Theology 📜 Biblical Inerrancy 🛡️ Classical Apologetics

R. C. Sproul 88%

A midnight encounter with God's holiness turned a Pittsburgh kid into a warrior for biblical truth.

by Stephen J. Nichols 2021

4.56

1k+ ratings

✝️ Reformed Theology 📜 Biblical Inerrancy 🛡️ Classical Apologetics

Providence and the Invention of the United States, 1607–1876

by Nicholas Guyatt • 2007

God's plan for America was a British idea that justified slavery and empire.

3.93

🕊️ American Providentialism ⛪ Religion And Politics ⛓️ Slavery And Religion

Providence and the Invention of the United States, 1607–1876 Summary

Providence and the Invention of the United States, 1607–1876 88%

God's plan for America was a British idea that justified slavery and empire.

by Nicholas Guyatt 2007

3.93

14 ratings

🕊️ American Providentialism ⛪ Religion And Politics ⛓️ Slavery And Religion

Power Through Prayer

by E.M. Bounds • 1910

The missing ingredient in powerless preaching is not more preparation but more time alone with God.

4.33

2k+

🕊️ Pastoral Ministry 🙏 Secret Prayer 🔥 Spirit'S Empowerment

Power Through Prayer 88%

The missing ingredient in powerless preaching is not more preparation but more time alone with God.

by E.M. Bounds 1910

4.33

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Pastoral Ministry 🙏 Secret Prayer 🔥 Spirit'S Empowerment

Rough Country

by Robert Wuthnow • 2014

How Texas's frontier faith became the engine of America's conservative political machine.

3.77

🤠 Texas History ⛪ Religious History 🗳️ Southern Politics

Rough Country 88%

How Texas's frontier faith became the engine of America's conservative political machine.

by Robert Wuthnow 2014

3.77

26 ratings

🤠 Texas History ⛪ Religious History 🗳️ Southern Politics

The Great Dechurching

by Jim Davis • 2023

Forty million Americans left church. They're not who you think. And half would come back.

3.85

2k+

🇺🇸 American Christianity 📊 Religious Sociology 📉 Church Decline

The Great Dechurching 88%

Forty million Americans left church. They're not who you think. And half would come back.

by Jim Davis 2023

3.85

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Christianity 📊 Religious Sociology 📉 Church Decline

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