Description: A prize-winning, five-decade history of the evangelical movement in Southern California that explains a sweeping realignment of American politics.
Brief description: Darren Dochuk is Andrew V. Tackes College Professor of History at Notre Dame University. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post and other venues. He lives in Indiana.
Review Quotes: Darren Dochuk has painted a vista from which unfolds the creation of Reagan's nation, as the California dreams of Southern evangelicals become the American dreams of Sunbelt conservatives. Through the guiding telescope of Dochuk's prose, we meet a fascinating cast of characters destined to be staples in future tellings of this important story. This much anticipated book is well worth the wait.--Steven P. Miller, author of Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South