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A Guide for the Perplexed
Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jan 19, Rich rated it liked it. Mark Pinsky, a Jewish Orlando-based journalist, set out to profile evangelical Christians, particularly those from his neck of the woods. The result isn't half bad, but falls short of being a "guide for the perplexed. The thing is, Pinsky mostly profiles only a subslice of American evangelicalism.
A Jew Among the Evangelicals: A Guide for the Perplexed
He tells us as much from the outset, so he cannot be faulted for the result Mark Pinsky, a Jewish Orlando-based journalist, set out to profile evangelical Christians, particularly those from his neck of the woods. He tells us as much from the outset, so he cannot be faulted for the results. As a portrait of one subculture among evangelicals, it makes for great, sometimes illuminating reading. I particularly found the chapter on Orlando's Holy Land theme park helpful, because of its in depth profile of Marv Rosenthal's project. The odd duck in the book is the chapter profiling Chris King.
Despite the repeated voices heard here to the effect that evangelicals are a diverse group, that diversity needed fleshing out.
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I wonder what kind of portrait would have emerged had Pinsky gone back to his native Northeast and interviewed, say, Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City along with a few storefront ethnic churches, some old-line, some in more modern dress. Or if he had gone to Seattle or Northern California. As it stands, A Jew among the Evangelicals is quite helpful in learning about the evangelical culture of the Orlando area; less helpful in understanding evangelicals overall. In terms of understanding Jews and evangelicals, Pinsky is helpful in charting particular Jewish responses to particular evangelical actions.
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In processing the response of area rabbis to the opening of the Holy Land theme park, one has to question the reaction of alarm. With Holy Land bringing in its income largely from evangelicals, it is doubtful, despite the alleged intentions of Marv Rosenthal, that the park will in any way "convert the Jews.
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We need to do everything we can to relieve poverty, to heal the sick and to protect the Earth. In his political flexibility, Hunter is reflecting the sentiments of the people in his pews. Other research has shown evangelical diversity of views on such issues as tax policy, the death penalty and the role of women in society. The open question is whether these changes will make a difference politically, especially in close races in which a slight shift by white evangelicals can change the outcome.
Will Democrats take advantage of this generational shift in "kinder, gentler" leaders who talk more softly and rail against global warming? Is the GOP's most dependable voting bloc in play?
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We won't know until November and beyond. Meet the new evangelicals.
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It is one of ten books selected in the religion category. Air America Radio interview. Southern Jews and evangelicals: Only my good friend Mark Pinsky, the award-winning journalist, could write such an insightful overview of this growing branch of Christianity.
As a Jew living in the Bible belt, he has seen us from both the outside in and from the inside out. Pinsky These once-dominant liberal Protestant denominations have been drained by demographic realities and eclipsed by conservative religious voices. Pinsky Imagine a time before the Internet and the explosion of cable television news and opinion shows.
