Anselm Society Arts Guild members are invited to join Karen Swallow Prior for a lunch discussion of topics in her new book, The Evangelical Imagination. If you’re interested in exploring what’s Christian versus what’s cultural baggage, and the centuries of history that explain that baggage, this is the conversation for you.

At this time, this event will only be open to Arts Guild members. If you are a Guild member, look for an RSVP email from the staff. If you are not a Guild member but would like to be on the waitlist in case it doesn’t fill up, please fill out the form below.

About the Book

In this book, acclaimed author Karen Swallow Prior examines evangelical history, both good and bad. By analyzing the literature, art, and popular culture that has surrounded evangelicalism, she unpacks some of the movement’s most deeply held concepts, ideas, values, and practices to consider what is Christian rather than merely cultural. The result is a clearer path forward for evangelicals amid their current identity crisis—and insight for others who want a deeper understanding of what the term evangelical means today.

Brought to life with color illustrations, images, and paintings, this book explores ideas including conversion, domesticity, empire, sentimentality, and more. In the end, it goes beyond evangelicalism to show us how we might be influenced by images, stories, and metaphors in ways we cannot always see.