In this important book David Gushee gives the lie to the sorry myth that evangelicals are all right-wing extremists. Not only does he show that many are politically progressive, but also that most of them are actually or potentially political moderates with a strong biblical conscience.

    George Hunsinger, Princeton Theological Seminary

The Future of Faith in American Politics challenges Jim Hightower’s famous maxim that the only things in the middle of the road are yellow stripes and dead armadillos. Gushee offers here a cogent and balanced agenda for evangelical activism, a most welcome addition to this important conversation.

    Randall Balmer, Professor of American religious    

    history at Barnard College, Columbia University

Gushee offers a valuable survey of evangelical subgroups and their varied responses to some of the most significant and divisive ethical issues of our time. It is a timely response to questions that demand informed and immediate attention in the academy and the pulpit.

    Bill J. Leonard, Dean and Professor of Church    

    History, Wake Forest University Divinity School

Will there be a kinder, gentler, wiser evangelical ethos in the future--less strident, rigid, politically entrenched, and reactive, and more thoughtful, robust, politically independent, and constructive? If so, I believe it will develop in large part because of David Gushee and the new/renewing identity articulated in this important book.

    Brian D. McLaren, Author (brianmclaren.net)

Gushee makes a strong case for an emerging evangelical “middle” in American politics. For that middle to become more than an occasional, aggregate voice, however, its constituents will have to take more seriously than they do now the responsibilities of citizenship and government. Today, that middle lacks leaders in government and the political process with the comprehensive agenda Gushee advocates.

    Jim Skillen, President, The Center for Public Justice

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