Ernest Pickering’s Tragedy of Compromise explores the origin and impact of New Evangelicalism on modern Christianity. Since its birth in 1948, the movement has been a powerful force in American religion, effectively luring a significant portion of conservative Christianity into the mainstream of religious life. Hailed by secular and liberal sources as a great emancipator from what they view as the narrow intolerance of their Fundamentalist forefathers, the New Evangelical movement has compromised the biblical principles it inherited. Today it stands as a grim memorial to the devastating tragedy of religious compromise.