The crisis of evangelical Christianity : roots, consequences, and resolutions
- Eugene, Oregon : Wipf & Stock, 2016
- xvi, 292 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-283) and indexes.
Summary: In the broad context of Christianity as it developed over two millennia, and with special reference to the last three centuries, this discussion finds that Evangelicalism has repeatedly offered a reduced and distorted understanding of the faith. The evangelical outlook is much less scriptural than evangelicals generally assume. When it comes to appreciating the order of creation, our calling to develop integral Christian thinking and living, the religious significance of culture, and the coming of the kingdom, reductionist Evangelicalism struggles with its only rarely acknowledged deficiencies.
Contents: Introduction -- Part one. Context. The meaning of evangelicalism -- Whatever happened to Christianity? -- Whatever happened to the Reformation? -- Theology, science and the Reformation -- The English and Scottish Reformation -- Part two. Focus. The roots and character of evangelicalism -- Multiple confusions and challenges -- Evangelicalism wrestles with liberalism -- Neo-evangelicalism and the great crusade -- After the great crusade -- Evangelical distress and an integral alternative -- Is authentic renewal possible?
Evangelicalism Evangelicalism -- History. Evangelicalism -- History -- 21st century.