Introduction: On being a Christian after Bush -- The evangelical moment -- Who is the God we worship? -- The piety of cosmic entitlement -- Whatever happened to the peculiar people? -- Theology matters : including a brief history of modern Christianity in which the reader learns why the Christian right are theological liberals -- Keepers of the mystery : the Christian tradition speaks (carefully) -- Learning to be quiet in a noisy nation (and in a nation of noisy believers) -- Passing the international test : the call of global Christianity -- Faith as making space for God's truth in the world.