Author Tim Alberta will deliver an address based on his book 鈥淭he Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism鈥� on Wednesday, April 16, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in Schaap Auditorium of the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The presentation is being hosted by the college鈥檚 Markets & Morality student organization. As outlined in the , 鈥淓vangelical Christians may be the most polarizing and least understood people living in America today. In this talk, The Atlantic journalist and New York Times bestselling author Tim Alberta, himself a practicing Christian and the son of an evangelical pastor, will paint an expansive portrait of the American evangelical movement and its intersection points with politics.鈥�
is originally from Brighton, Michigan, and attended Schoolcraft College and later Michigan State University. He went on to spend more than a decade in Washington, reporting for publications such as the Wall Street Journal, National Journal and National Review. He ultimately served as chief political correspondent for POLITICO before moving back to Michigan and joining The Atlantic in 2021.
In 2019 he released his first book, 鈥淎merican Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump鈥� and co-moderated the year鈥檚 final Democratic presidential debate. He followed up with 鈥淭he Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism鈥� in 2023, and in 2024 he won a National Magazine Award for his profile of Chris Licht, the chairman of CNN Worldwide, who was fired after the story published.
Alberta鈥檚 work has been featured in dozens of other publications, including Sports Illustrated and Vanity Fair. He appears regularly as a commentator on American television programs and speaks on politics, culture, and religion at forums around the world.
Markets & Morality aims to support and celebrate freedom of expression in the context of the liberal arts by hosting speakers and films on topics spanning the economic, political and cultural aspects of human civilization, with a special concern for human flourishing as understood in Christian perspective. The organization is co-sponsoring the event with the college鈥檚 Campus Ministries program; Center for Ministry Studies; Cultural Affairs Committee; departments of Communication, Economics and Business, Political Science, and Religion; and offices of the Dean of Social Sciences, Provost, and Student Development. While on campus, Alberta will also meet with classes in communication and political science, and meet with the faculty in economics and business.
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The Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center is located at 115 E. 12th St., at the center of the Hope campus between College and Columbia avenues along the former 12th Street. Schaap Auditorium is on the lower level near the building鈥檚 southwest corner.