Values, Truth, and Spiritual Danger: Progressive Christianity and the Age of Trump

by Edward G. Simmons

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2021

Overview

In a series of ruminations, Edward G. Simmons brings a lifetime’s experiences, along with biblical and historical insights, to the ethical problems faced by Christians living under the impact of President Trump. Teaching values and respect for truth to college students and Christians of all varieties, he sometimes lectures on the Bible and sometimes writes sermons full of conviction. His combination of history, science, and biblical information is stimulating, encouraging, and often provocative for young and mature readers.

Praise for Values, Truth, and Spiritual Danger

“In a searing collection of essays from the heart of Progressive Christianity to the soul of the American people, Edward Simmons proclaims the ethics at the center of the biblical traditions and prophesies what happens when that message goes unheeded.”

—Amy-Jill Levine, Hartford Seminary



“In this book, the author ruminates on his personal journey from the evangelical Southern Baptist tradition toward a Progressive Christianity that emphasizes acts over faith, that embraces diversity of race, sexual orientation, and personal belief, and that emboldens its followers to align their faith with the facts of science. Values, Truth, and Spiritual Danger is a must-read for anyone struggling to reconcile religion with the realities of the twenty-first century.”

—David Ludden, Georgia Gwinnett College



“Values, Truth and Spiritual Danger offers a winsome presentation of progressive Christian views through a wide-ranging and ambitious collection of essays written between 2015 and early 2021. Simmons is especially strong in his clear repudiation of Donald Trump and evangelical Trumpism.”

—David P. Gushee, Mercer University

Product Details

• Title: Values, Truth, and Spiritual Danger: Progressive Christianity and the Age of Trump
• Author: Edward G. Simmons
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Logos Release Date: 2021
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781666708882, 9781666708868, 1666708887, 1666708860
• Resource ID: LLS:9781666708882
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T19:51:06Z

About the Author

Edward G. Simmons is part-time Instructor of History at Georgia Gwinnett College near Atlanta. He earned an MA and PhD in history from Vanderbilt University. After teaching briefly at Appalachian State University, he was drafted during the Vietnam War. From 1973 to 2005 he worked with top management at Georgia’s largest state agency as a trainer and consultant for upper managers, and he sometimes worked across agency lines. In retirement, he returned to his original career, applying professional experience along with academic knowledge of history, biblical studies, and popular science. He is the author of Talking Back to the Bible: A Historians Approach to Bible Study (2016) and two chapters in The Spiritual Danger of Donald Trump: 30 Evangelical Christians on Justice, Truth, and Moral Integrity (2020) edited by Ronald J. Sider.