American politic conservatism in the past decade and especially in the 2000 and 2004 campaigns marked the convergence between American political conservatism and Christian evangelicalism with an effectiveness not seen before in national elections. This saw both political conservatism, and Christian evangelicalism triumph. This collection of articles addresses the nexus between political conservatism, evangelical Christianity, and American consumerist culture. It explores the religious seeds for this convergence and the potential dangers that it presents to the concepts of religion, politic and America.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction: A taste for theory
John D. Caputo

1. Radicial Religion and American Democracy
   Jeffery W. Robbins
2. Prophetic Evangelicals: Towards a Politics of Hope
   Peter Goodwin Heltzel
3. A Christian Politics of Vulnerability
   Anna Mercedes
4. Truthiness, Family Values, and Conservative Consumerism
   Adam S. Miller
5. The Cultural Logic of Evangelical Christianity
   Christopher Haley and Creston Davis
6. Jeb Stuart