Revival
A new kind of Good News and a radically different Promised Land
by Reverend J. Frank Layman
(afterword by Lonnie Ray Atkinson)
So many of our futurists have become mere economists of prophecy. While they can describe a world ahead that is almost unrecognizable from what we knew two decades ago, they will make sure to insist it will follow the same economic model we had two centuries ago.
Depending upon how we combine and harness the potential of a handful of infant technologies, we have a shot at a real alternative. Something far beyond the Cold War debates over markets and central planning.
Offered as satirical performance pieces, garnished in the affectations of a country preacher, this revival-style series of fiery anti-sermons serves as an unorthodox yet necessary form of evangelism for this moment/movement.
Authors
Reverend J. Frank Layman:
Reverend Layman is the spiritual leader this moment screamed into being.
Lonnie Ray Atkinson:
In addition to writing the Afterword for Revival, Lonnie Ray Atkinson is the author of many books, including Tough Guys, Bad Dudes, and Other Men My Father Knew and A Good Kid and His Ghosts.
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