![]() ![]() Butler argues that the persistence of racism among evangelicals (not fear, as Fea argues) explains their support for Donald Trump and conservative politics since the 1970s.īutler, a professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania, provides a strong historical overview of the depth and breadth of racism in American evangelical culture since the early 19th century. ![]() In some ways it is a cross between the spirit of The Color of Compromise and the style of Believe Me. Into this rich body of work steps Anthea Butler’s White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America, an analysis of American evangelicalism’s last 50 years that also includes a larger backstory. This is evident in books like Jemar Tisby’s The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism, John Fea’s Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump, and Thomas Kidd’s Who is an Evangelical?: The History of a Movement in Crisis. Some of the most striking works have explored the political and racial history of the movement. ![]() The last several years have witnessed no small uptick in accessible academic books about evangelicals. ![]()
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5/31/2023 0 Comments Blindside by kandi steiner![]() So, to sweeten the deal, I convince him to help me - not just to get my crush’s attention, but to knock his socks off once I have it. What he doesn’t realize is that this bookworm is a virgin, and far from versed in seducing a musician. All by pretending to be in a relationship. But when he witnesses how I fall to pieces in front of my guitar-toting crush, his wheels start turning. We meet to discuss his behavior and review media relations standards. He used to be the easiest of all the players for me to wrangle as the Public Relations Coordinator, but after a nasty breakup with his high school sweetheart, he’s a mess. There’s hardly a day he’s not headline material during football season, and never a day he isn’t a bullseye target for every girl on campus. ![]() ![]() Clay Johnson has the abs of Adonis and the deadly smirk of the devil, himself. ![]() And I just asked him to take my virginity. The hottest college football safety in the nation just asked me to be his fake girlfriend. ![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, April is struggling through her own directionless life Lawrence's reckless past decisions are catching up with him and Ester and April's mother, Hilary, is about to make a choice that will profoundly affect them all. ![]() ![]() Estranged from both her sister, April, and her ex-husband, Lawrence, Ester wants to fall in love again. She spends her days helping others find happiness, but her own family relationships are tense and frayed. Outside, the rain continues unceasing silver sheets sluicing down, the trees and shrubs soaking and bedraggled, the earth sodden, puddles overflowing, torrents coursing onwards, as the darkness slowly softens with the dawn.Įster is a family therapist with an appointment book that catalogues the anxieties of the middle class: loneliness, relationships, death. WINNER OF THE 2016 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND FICTION BOOK AWARDĪ stunning, award-winning novel about the complexities of family relationships, and ultimately, what it means to be alive. ![]() WINNER OF THE 2017 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION ![]() |