Youre watching book tv on cspan2. Here is our prime time lineup for tonight. The university of north carolinas mary worthen sat down with book tv to discuss her book apostles of reason the crisis of authority in american evangelicalism. This halfhour interview as part of book tv college series. Host mary worthen is a history professor. What courses do you teach . Guest i teach a big survey course on the history of religion in north america, a course on modern American Intellectual history. One of the most fun is called sin and evil in modern america, a Small Research seminar. You can imagine the kind of things students get into. Host you are also the author of this book, apostles of reason the crisis of authority in american evangelicalism. What is evangelicalism . Guest that is a great question. Any scholar or observer tries to explain what is going on in modern american politics and religion has to contend with this slippery term. Some scholars have tried to define evangelicalism in