![]() ![]() Clearly the time had come to refresh the book’s narrative and its interpretations. Then there was only one “President Bush,” Hilary Clinton was mostly known as the wife of a presidential aspirant, and Canadians had experienced only one “Prime Minister Trudeau.” Then, almost no one had heard of Al Qaeda, no one communicated on Facebook, white evangelicals were known as the friends of Billy Graham rather than the friends of Donald Trump, church sex scandals were more rumors than disorienting facts, and almost no missionaries had arrived on this continent to evangelize North Americans. Then there was no internet, no websites for individuals and organizations, and no Wikipedia. In the more than twenty-five years between ending research for the first edition and preparation of this new edition, much-very much-has changed. ![]() ![]() In this case, I would like to think that something other than self-promotion and royalties has been at work. ![]() I’m hoping that the second edition of A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada represents more than just an ego trip (how can an aging professor hang on to a smidgen of public attention for just a little longer?) or merely a mercenary scheme (how can students assigned the book as a text be forced to buy new copies from the publisher instead of cadging second-hand copies from their friends?). Many reasons explain why previously published books come out in new editions. ![]()
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