“Hello? Hello? Can you hear me?”
“I can, but your head is cut off. I just see your neck. Can you hear me?”
“Yeah, yeah, I hear you. There, is that better? Can you see me now?”
“Yes, that’s good.”
“Ok, good. I’m glad I have a head.”
“Me, too–it makes things much easier. How have things been for you?”
Such is the awkward start to …
When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God
Random House, 2012
464 pp, US$28.95 hardcover, US$15.95 paperback
How does God become and remain real for modern evangelicals? How are rational, sensible people of faith able to experience the presence of a powerful yet invisible being, and sustain the belief in an environment …