Churchly Shadows & Substance by Robert W. Patterson

Churchly Shadows & Substance

Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham
by D. G. Hart
Baker Academic, 2004
(224 pages; $21.99, hardcover)

Recovering Mother Kirk: The Case for Liturgy in the Reformed Tradition
by D. G. Hart
Baker Academic, 2003
(264 pages; $24.99, paperback)

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Robert W. Patterson is a former Presbyterian minister who is now Research Fellow of the Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society and writes on domestic policy issues in Washington, D.C.

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