Damaged Goods: American Evangelical Ethics [B0853]

2019 PB in excellent condition. Many are troubled by the role the evangelical church is playing in American public life today. Maurice Martin, ethics professor, pastor, pilot and former Congo relief and development director, addresses reasons and remedies in a sweeping treatment of one of the most important challenges facing both the church and America in today's world. Here is a sample: " To the extent that evangelical ethics are understood by others to be Christian ethics, this book conveys the uncomfortable notion that Christian ethics have been damaged by American evangelicals ... of which I am one. This is not to say that all American evangelicals have contributed to this and it is not to say that the damaging of Christian ethics was specifically intended, but the damage is real and it is significant."

From Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Through out the Bible: help the widow, orphan & poor and be friendly to foreigners is present. The importance of taking care of our community (including the world) is emphasized as opposed to America First, Eat what you Kill, keep all of your wealth, Ayn Rand books, etc. Excellent discussion of abortion that includes a Stanford study on the frequency of rejection of fertilized eggs without outside agencies."; "Clarity for Christ followers in current America. Such a helpful read. A comprehensive study in ethics that is far from boring for those Christians who genuinely seek to understand today's opposing views held on a myriad of issues."; "This book is well written and addresses a topic that has been on the mind of many Americans for some time: how could 81% of evangelical Christians vote for Donald Trump in 2016 when he was the antithesis of everything Christians believed? And what kind of damages have resulted because of that choice by those who should have known better? There is much that needs explaining about the damage American evangelicals have done to Christian Ethics."