The book is subtitled: “A Meditation on a God-blessed, Christ-haunted Idea.”  Using contemporary and pop culture, the author leads into a lively discussion about what it means to be Christian and American at this moment in our national history.  It is a moment when we are increasingly polarized along political and religious lines, a moment when we are too busy forming our response to listen to the one who is speaking.  And yet we claim more than ever to be one nation, under God.  What does all this mean?  The end result, Dark hopes, will be a better understanding that “there is a reality more important, more lasting, and more infinite than the cultures to which we belong,” the reality of the kingdom of God.

The Gospel According To America is readily available at bookstores.