Colorado Springs: The Evangelical Vatican
Colorado Springs is home to numerous major international evangelical parachurch organizations, with many arriving between 1980 and 1995.
A historian's new book, Jesus Springs: Evangelical Capitalism and the Fate of an American City, reveals that the story began between 1945 and 1955.
brings together conservative religion, conservative politics, laissez-faire economics and the role of the military
According to Schultz, an assistant professor of American religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School, the decade after World War II brought prosperity, patriotism, two military facilities, and two major evangelical ministries to the city.
Schultz initially planned to focus on the 1990s, but his research led him to start with the post-World War II era.
Author's summary: Colorado Springs' transformation into the Evangelical Vatican began after WWII.
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