Sentences with phrase «of evangelicalism»

Patheos has just published a symposium on the future of evangelicalism in the next five years.

Yet, and I think most of us feel it: evangelism has fallen out of style in much of evangelicalism in America the last decade or so.

If separated from theological moorings and sound doctrine, Henry views the future of evangelicalism as being indeed bleak.

In only 16 nations, total Christian growth outpaced the growth of evangelicalism from 2000 to 2010.

In certain wings of evangelicalism, there is a perennial concern — sometimes outright paranoia — that the liberalism J. Gresham Machen proclaimed to be antithetical to Christianity will creep back into the fold under a different guise.

Without settling their questions of boundary and definition, I want to comment on the current shape of evangelicalism from the vantage of a friendly critic or a critical friend.

In my more cynical moments I tend to view the so - called doctrinal critique of Evangelicalism by certain detractors who shall remain nameless as an impatience with folk culture and folk religion in all of its messiness.

But the history of evangelicalism has been dominated by the view of the church as a free - will association of like - minded believers.

A review of a book about the rise of Evangelicalism as a separate movement within Protestantism.

The public face of evangelicalism became most evident in the Billy Graham campaigns, by which the converts made at the mass rallies were redirected back into the denomination of their choice.

In many ways, Colson's life encapsulated the eclectic nature of evangelicalism.

Turner shares a widespread skepticism about whether the evangelical thinkers will make much of an impact on the large and multifarious worlds of evangelicalism, but of this he is more certain: «That [they have] made, and will continue to make, a substantial mark on American academic life seems indisputable, especially in history, philosophy, and, more recently, sociology.

These three basic paradigms of evangelicalism derive then from the period of the Reformation centered in the sixteenth century, the «awakenings» of the eighteenth century, and the fundamentalist / modernist controversies of the last hundred years or so.

That's when I realize I have nothing to say and little to learn from somebody who thinks of evangelicalism as a church you can join, a megadenomination that comes in different flavors.

The discussion about evangelicalism here at this blog for the last few days has been interesting, though I admit to skim - reading many of the posts as I succumbed to that Eyes Glazing Over feeling that I get whenever the essence of evangelicalism is discussed.

The problem with so many criticisms of evangelicalism is that they traffic in the very thing we are accused of: literalism.

«Pentecostalism provides a very different approach to spirituality than Protestantism in any form... It is not, as popularly conceived, garden variety of evangelicalism with the addendum of speaking in tongues (and maybe divine healing), though Pentecostals have done more villainy than any of their critics ever could in feeding this reductionist approach.

Finally, you can take the girl out of evangelicalism, but you can never take evangelicalism out of the girl.

I think we are seeing the ending of Evangelicalism as it sounds the trumpet that attacks are indeed happening, raises its draw bridge, and retreats behind stone walls.

He knew that inattention to such matters was a general characteristic of the evangelicalism of his day.

The statements closely mirror historian David Bebbington's classic four - point definition of evangelicalism: conversionism, activism, biblicism, and crucicentrism.

Acknowledging that such paring would result in «numerical weakening,» he adds that there would be a correspondingly greater «internal strength» which would «probably determine the character of evangelicalism in the 1980s.»

So the question is: Can young evangelicals get along well enough to create a new generation of evangelicalism that includes both of these groups?

Journalistic accounts of the origins of evangelicalism often begin with early twentieth - century fundamentalism, the emergence from fundamentalism of neo-evangelicalism after World War II, and ending with the religious right that appeared in the late 1970s.

This will ultimately result in pushing a large chunk of Evangelicalism into union with Rome.»

Yet it points not to the strength but to the weakness of evangelicalism.

From the preponderance of Christian - generated headlines and sound bites, we can pretty much guess what non-Christians think about Christians» views of a variety of political issues only based on a slim portion of evangelicalism's reactions in the media.

Yet although Wells» social commentary and his critique of evangelicalism are engaging, even invigorating, one has the sense his analysis is incomplete.

Now we can ask, what was the heart of evangelicalism in the eighteenth century?

Noll blames the populist culture of Evangelicalism as antithetical to the life of the mind when it is this emphasis on folk culture that mounted a serious resistance to disenchantment.

It has become something of a sport for folks in the evangelical, neo-Reformed tradition to take to the internet to draw out the «boundaries of evangelicalism,» boundaries which inevitably fall around their own particular theological distinctions and which seem to grow narrower and narrower with every blog post on the topic.

In an era of evangelicalism where there are church ministries built around the idea of «family,» marriage has become the focus of countless books and sermons and «family friendly» entertainment...

As much as I wish I didn't care, I still dream of an evangelicalism where both my friend Jen Hatmaker (who wrote this) and my friend Ben Moberg (who wrote this) are welcome at the same table.

Next it was on to George Fox Seminary in Portland, where Roger Olson and I discussed the future of evangelicalism with a very smart, very receptive group of students, faculty, church leaders, and locals.

All ecumenical statements issued by groups of evangelicals should be viewed as speaking from parts of evangelicalism to the evangelical world.

• About that bright young evangelical at Harvard whom we quoted on the different kinds of evangelicalism (November 1993), his name is Kevin Offner, not Kenneth.

It was a classic example of evangelicalism's continued obsession with homosexuality, an obsession I believe has done irreparable damage to the relationship between the Church and the gay community.

Postconservative evangelicals continue to hold to four defining features of evangelicalism (to use the widely cited categories formulated.

Perhaps Mouw's comments point to the shift that has been experienced in segments of evangelicalism.

«The center of evangelicalism is determined by us — those who call this place home.

This growing hermeneutical concern is not a capitulation to modernity, but rather is evidence of evangelicalism's continuing commitment to the lordship of Christ and the authority of Scripture.

With this filter in place, the next step is to diversify voices we listen to by reading ethnic minority authors who are communicating their assessments of the social constructs inside and outside of Evangelicalism.

In short, he makes two charges in the piece Rachel linked to: (1) The so - called «neo-Reformed» disagree with Mike Horton on the village green of evangelicalism and require Reformed confessions and credentials to «enter the green»; (2) The «neo-Reformed» are «mean and graceless.»

They know the songs, the lingo and the hot issues of evangelicalism.

Thus the new evangelization that marked the beginnings of Evangelicalism as a renewal movement within Christianity began on premises similar to those outlined by Weigel.