TY - BOOK AU - Stephens,Randall J. AU - Giberson,Karl TI - The anointed: evangelical truth in a secular age SN - 9780674048188 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press KW - Evangelicalism KW - United States KW - Intellect KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Christian conservatism KW - Conservatism KW - Christianity and politics KW - Church and state KW - Christianity and culture KW - Church history N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The answer man -- The amateur Christian historian -- The family of God -- Trust me, the end is near -- A carnival of Christians -- Made in America N2 - "Exploring intellectual authority within evangelicalism, the authors reveal how America's populist ideals, anti-intellectualism, and religious free market, along with the concept of anointing--being chosen by God to speak for him like the biblical prophets--established a conservative evangelical leadership isolated from the world of secular arts and sciences."--Publisher description ER -