Not exact matches
Olson knows
very well how difficult it is to maintain the coherence of the
movement when
evangelical pastors and scholars so love a good debate.
Finally, it is
very very evangelical movement, so it requires a large school of apologetics many of which, like any religion in with new converts are highly zealous and incredibly hostile towards anything outside of the boarders of their particular brand of faith.
Several projects are under way to try to involve
evangelical churches in the
movement, but so far these efforts have not been
very successful.
In the mind of many experts the dabbling in politics by
Evangelicals and their quest for power may
very well be the one contributing factor in the
movements demise.
Exactly, the
evangelical movement in this country is on the rise, mostly younger, and a
VERY powerful lobby.
While the reader may wonder how effectively the book will serve to dispel the stereotypical view of American evangelicalism, at the
very least it illustrates the diversity of the
movement and so should serve to calm those who worry that
evangelicals stand poised to reconquer American culture.
The
Evangelicals who spoke of sin in personal rather than in structural terms, and put great stress on personal conversions and growth in holiness, were
very much upset by this new emphasis within the ecumenical
movement on mission as humanization.
This is one reason why the annual March for Life is filled with younger people — Catholic and
Evangelical and otherwise — the
very people some told us just a few years ago would turn away from the pro-life
movement due to «fetus fatigue.»