Molly Worthen
Auteur van Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism
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Molly Worthen is Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the author of The Man on Whom Nothing Was Lost: The Grand Strategy of Charles Hill and a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times.
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The History of Christianity II: From the Re… door Molly Worthen
Worthen is an affable and knowledgeable guide through the history of Christianity since the Reformation. She is sometimes so reasonable and perhaps smiles a bit too much that you may lose sight of how well she has put this course together. I found when she was speaking of things I have done some reading about, such as the Taiping Rebellion in China, that her summaries were concise, understandable, and balanced. Highly recommended.
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First-rate, thoroughly researched, critical but scrupulously fair history of American evangelicalism and neo-evangelicalism which takes pains to track issues of authority in the movement through the twentieth century. Worthen handles the archival material responsibly, and carefully qualifies the diversity and paradox within evangelicalism. Well-written and the best kind of book in this genre.
Well-written and aggressively foot-noted, it’s the kind of scholarly treatment that helps make sense of the under-appreciated role that Evangelicals continue to play in American society.
Impressive for a work which began during the author's undergraduate education. I appreciated that Ms. Worthen (now Professor Worthen, a historian of American religion at UNC-Chapel Hill) lets the reader know that, at the time, she feared not being up to the task of writing the biography of a complex person. At times, her voice does indeed sound quite young. That being said, she does a much better job than I could have at a comparable age. I also appreciated that she was very upfront that she had worshipped Charles Hill when she began the project; she tries to be objective and does an admirable job, under the circumstances.
I began reading TMOWNWL because of a connection to my own education: Charles Hill teaches what is essentially Intro to Political Philosophy as part of an intense freshman Great Books program which I took 25 years ago. Hill is a cult figure on that campus. If I had not had that personal connection, I probably would not have found the book or read it. I'm enjoyed it, but the target market is fairly narrow: those who are very interested in (i) debates about the place of the canon in humanities education, (ii) the Foreign Service, (iii) what it's like to work for the Secretary of State or (iv) what it's like to write an authorized biography of an imposing, and somewhat intimidating figure.… (meer)
I began reading TMOWNWL because of a connection to my own education: Charles Hill teaches what is essentially Intro to Political Philosophy as part of an intense freshman Great Books program which I took 25 years ago. Hill is a cult figure on that campus. If I had not had that personal connection, I probably would not have found the book or read it. I'm enjoyed it, but the target market is fairly narrow: those who are very interested in (i) debates about the place of the canon in humanities education, (ii) the Foreign Service, (iii) what it's like to work for the Secretary of State or (iv) what it's like to write an authorized biography of an imposing, and somewhat intimidating figure.… (meer)
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