Relevant Faith

From the author of Hillbilly Elegy, the Sunday Times and international 5-million-copy bestseller, a new book that questions the place of religion in modern America.

From the author of Hillbilly Elegy, the Sunday Times and international 5-million-copy bestseller, a new book that questions the place of religion in modern America. J.D. Vance has made his name writing with sharp understanding and fierce compassion about his home and about a culture in crisis – that of white working-class America. In A Relevant Faith, Vance weaves memoir with polemic to argue that the Christian church is the most important social force in America – and that in recent years its approach to politics and culture have gone far astray. A serious, engaged faith has been abandoned in America. And the Christian church’s unfettered loyalty to the Republican Party – despite signs of moral rot and decay – has corrupted the faith of millions. Vance is not an outsider. He is someone who grew up in a church-going family and community, lost faith and then refound it. With his signature insight, he can now look at the promise, power and problems of American Christianity with a unique and understanding perspective.