Sentences with phrase «conservative evangelicalism»

In fact, to suggest that good works are of central importance to the Christian faith is often considered heretical in the world of conservative evangelicalism, where advocating any form of «works - based salvation» is looked upon with suspicion.

One of my biggest frustrations with conservative evangelicalism right now is that many of its leaders tend to oversimplify and misrepresent postmodernism.

She grew up in Lynchburg, VA, the epicenter for conservative evangelicalism.

Both rabid secularity and fanatical religion (especially conservative evangelicalism) pose the greatest threats.

I've been reading with interest the many books, articles, and blog posts dissecting what has been called «The New Calvinism» — a movement so prevalent in conservative evangelicalism that TIME magazine called it «one of the 10 ideas changing the world.»

To be sure, those involved usually have represented only themselves, since Pentecostal denominational leaders generally have not endorsed formal participation in ecumenical dialogue, given the movement's historic alliances with fundamentalism and conservative evangelicalism rather than mainline Protestantism.

American conservative evangelicalism, like Vienna in 1914, seems to its leadership relatively healthy but it is quite possibly enjoying the last waltz as forces round about conspire to undo it.

If conservative evangelicalism can not wean itself off using brands as a primary focus of identity — brands that are tied to particular personalities, that cost a lot of money to maintain, and which often exude a breathtaking sense of importance (all for the sake of Jesus, of course) then the kind of corruption noted above will continue.

The question really is: how can I as a member of the Wheaton community and conservative evangelicalism make a break with the fathers of neoevangelicalism (i.e., Carl F. H. Henry) and advocate a method contrary to the authority they exercise over the evangelical subculture of which I am a part?

It was tough for me to enter the grownup world of conservative evangelicalism, where opportunities for female leadership are so limited.

Conservative evangelicalism is often driven by big money and by vested interests.

I'd ask that of fundamentalists, mainline Protestants, progressive evangelicalism, and, yes, conservative evangelicalism.

The near disappearance of mainline Protestant influence in the public arena, and the remarkable emergence of a conservative evangelicalism prepared to move from protest to governance.

Conservative evangelicalism, with its current emphasis on apologetics and theological systems, has (in my opinion) overstated the importance of «getting the facts right» about God.

Conservative Evangelicalism may be more robust in terms of recruitment than other Christian alternatives at this point but it looks singularly ill - equipped to face the challenges of the coming days.

Conservative Evangelicalism has long been a mask for power.

Given the overwhelming evangelical ambience of the Sunbelt, however, and the safe assumption that the RCA must reflect that attitude in order to succeed in the area, it is not difficult to predict that what has been the dominant theological position of the church may very well in the next ten years become a minority one as the conservative evangelicalism of the new Sunbelt churches joins forces with the existing strength of that position in the midwest.