Colorado Springs: The Evangelical Vatican
Colorado Springs is home to dozens of 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, tells the story of how the city became a hub for evangelical organizations.
brings together conservative religion, conservative politics, laissez-faire economics and the role of the military
The book's author, Schultz, an assistant professor of American religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School, initially planned to focus on the 1990s, but his research led him to start with the decade after World War II.
- Prosperity
- Patriotism
- Two military facilities
- Two major evangelical ministries
Author's summary: Historian Schultz explores the transformation of Colorado Springs.