Evangelicalism

Evangelicalism has rapidly become one of the most significant religious movements in the modern world. Evangelicals affect elections up and down the Americas and across Africa, provoke governments throughout Asia, fill up some of the largest church buildings, and possess the largest congregations of any religion in the world. This Very Short Introduction tells the story of global evangelicalism - perhaps the most dynamic, and certainly one of the largest, religious, and cultural movements of our time. Evangelicalism: A Very Short Introduction focuses on what motivates evangelicals, on their hopes and fears, and on their agenda for the future.

While there is a tendency to shift between the past and the present and between evangelicalism and Christianity, this minor point does not distract from the overall quality and usefulness of this work to both specialists and general readers.

Autorentext

John G. Stackhouse Jr. is Mikolaski Professor of Religious Studies at Crandall University. An award-winning scholar, teacher, and public communicator, he has
authored and edited over a dozen books and hundreds of articles dealing with the evangelical tradition.

Inhalt

• Introduction

• Chapter 1: Original evangelicalism

• Chapter 2: Evangelicalism defined

• Chapter 3: Evangelicalism expands

• Chapter 4: The challenges of modernity

• Conclusion

• References

• Further Reading