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First-born Holy Rollers of American Pentecostalism include rebels Sister Rosetta Tharpe, B.B. King, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Ray Charles.

Barton and Ham are not deceived. They are deceivers. They tell lies that they know to be lies.

Newsweek cover story on the emerging politicization of evangelical Christians, contributors to Evangelicals and Presidential Politics engage the scholarly literature on evangelicalism from a variety of angles to offer new answers to persisting questions about the movement. The standard historical narrative describes the period between the 1925 Scopes Trial and the early 1970s as a silent one for evangelicals, and when they did re-engage in the political arena, it was over abortion. Randall J. Stephens and Randall Balmer challenge that narrative. Stephens moves the starting point earlier in t...

The momentum behind much of this is called the Zinn Project. The man behind this is Howard Zinn. He died in 2010, but for decades was a socialist thinker, reported historian, and a supporter of what's sometimes referred to as "people's history." His work has been criticized by other historians such as Chris Beneke and Randall J. Stephens for omitting important historical events and presenting an 'alternative' to verified American history that focuses on certain elements and ethnic backgrounds. The work is presented as an alternative to what is recognized as verified U.S. history, and althoug...