Occasionally an author finds a review that he has not seen before, but rarely is it written by a service technician from a pest control company! This is from the September 30, 2018 edition of The Manhattan (KS) Mercury: Thanks,...
Believe Me Reviews
Yes, I am Doubling Down on the Fear Thesis
My friend John Wilson, the evangelical bibliophile who once manned the editor’s desk of Books & Culture, has never quite embraced my argument about fear in Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump. I will let him explain why he finds...
*The Economist* Covers the Growing Rift in the Evangelical Camp
Earlier this week I had a great phone conversation with The Economist writer Bruce Clark about my book Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump. Here is a taste of how how Clark wrote it up: …Admittedly, evangelicals have never been...
Some Comments on Peter Leithart’s *First Things* Review of *Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump*
First Things assigned Peter Leithart, the president of an organization called Theopolis Institute, to review my Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump. The title of his review is “Trump Among the Evangelicals.” Here is the relevant part of the...
Hearts & Minds Bookstore Selects *Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump* as One of the “Best Books of 2018”
“I am declaring Believe Me as one of the most important books to be published in 2018 and predicting that it will remain one of the most important books for many a year.” Thank you Byron Borger! I am happy to join...
*Christian Century* Reviews *Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump*
Steven P. Miller offers a fair review of Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump under the title “How the culture wars made Trump: The demons of the white evangelical past.” Here is a taste: Lest readers have any doubt...
The Wrong Kind of Hope
Last night, after I spoke about how white conservative evangelicals too often privilege fear over hope, a friend noted that Trump’s evangelical supporters seem pretty “hopeful” right now. Trump is delivering on the Supreme Court. He has moved the Israeli...
Jared Burkholder Reviews *Believe Me*
When you get a chance, check out the new look at Jared Burkholder‘s blog The Hermeneutic Circle. Today he is running a review of Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump. This is my favorite review so far! Not only is...
John Wilson’s Review in *The Hedgehog Review*: A Response
I am very appreciative of John Wilson and his lifelong work in promoting evangelical thinking, especially as the editor of the now-defunct Books and Culture. I have written for Wilson and he has published my writing. He has always encouraged me...
Kristin Kobes Du Mez Reviews *Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump*
Kristin Kobes Du Mez teaches history at Calvin College and she is writing a book about evangelical masculinity, militarism, and Donald Trump titled Onward Christian Warriors. I appreciate her review of my Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump at Christianity Today. Here...
*PopMatters* Reviews *Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump*
Here is a taste of Justin Cober-Lake‘s article about Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump and my work as a historian. The number 81 percent may have permanent resonance among political analysts by now. That percentage represents the number...
Brian Franklin’s “10 Tweet Review” of *Believe Me*
Today Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump got its first Twitter review. Brian Franklin is Associate Director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University. Here is his review: Here’s my 10-tweet review of @JohnFea1‘s *Believe Me:...
*Salon* Reviews *Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump*
I am grateful to Salon for publishing Paul Rosenberg’s lengthy review of Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump. Here is a taste: Fea’s first chapter is especially riveting for the light it sheds on how evangelicals came to support Trump...
John Wilson Reviews *Believe Me* in the *Hedgehog Review*
I cannot read the entire review because it is behind the Hedgehog Review paywall, but if Wilson wrote it, I am sure it is a fair review. John has told me that he disagrees with some of my take on Trump,...
More *Believe Me* Reviews
Check out these reviews of Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump: Jay Eldred at his “Running in My Head” blog Marc O. DeGirolami at Law and Religion Forum Jesse Curtis at Colorblind Christians...
Chris Gehrz Reviews *Believe Me* at The Anxious Bench
I have yet to hold a published copy of Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump, but I understand that others have copies. The reviews have already starting rolling in. Over at The Anxious Blog (Patheos), Chris Gehrz has...
“Fea wonders what period of our history Trump has in mind when he says he wants America to be great ‘again'”
Here is a taste of a great review of Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump from veteran Kansas City Star religion writer Bill Tammeus: One of the things that has been missing from nearly all of these explanations and...
“Trump…is the logical conclusion of a conservative evangelicalism that is built on a foundation of sand”
The reviews of Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump are starting to appear at a more rapid rate. Here is a taste of a review by religion blogger Justin DaMetz: John Fea, professor of history of Messiah College, has...
*Believe Me* Gets a Starred Review from *Publishers Weekly*
I am pleased to see this. I hope my publicist won’t mind me quoting part of her e-mail to me, sent last night at 10:52. (That is one committed publicist! Thanks, Rachel!). She writes: “Below you will find a starred...
*Religion Dispatches* Reviews *Believe Me*
Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump will not be released until late June, but several folks have already received advanced reader copies. The first substantial review of the book comes from the progressive religion website Religion Dispatches. Greg...