Gospel and the American Dream

What is happening to America? Christian influence in public life is waning fast. In the dominant American culture ours is no longer "one nation under God." We have entered the Age of Self. Christians in America have confused the values our culture professes with those the Scriptures affirm. In The Gospel and the American Dream, historian Bruce Shelley uncovers a conflict of values in a number of areas, from our view of work and the meaning of success to individual rights and the influence of religious belief on public policy.