Authentic Christian Freedom: Deconstructing the American Gospel of Liberty

A timely exploration of how different concepts of freedom threaten to tear apart our churches and our society Drawing on both her scholarship and her personal experiences growing up amid resurging religious fundamentalism, Hinson-Hasty traces how competing visions of what “freedom” means have been weaponized in today’s culture wars. Is freedom the rugged individualism celebrated in various media? Is “freedom” always freedom from something: other people, the government, the law? From reframi...