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This trend is not insignificant—evangelicalism is losing ground among younger Americans, with many citing the over-politicization of churches as a reason for their departure. The defense offered ...

To Fea, the story hints at deeper truths — about Dobson and Evangelicalism itself. “ For all the bad that’s come out of this ...

My father was a hard man. I spent most of my childhood fearing him. He was a product of the American working class who, as he ...

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He chronicles how white evangelicalism is not an ancient tradition, as its proponents often assume, but an American phenomenon. The faith, he argues, exists as much to justify racism and unbridled ...

After consulting the description of evangelicalism provided in a Wikipedia article and supplementing it with information from one of his Bible commentaries, Carter concluded in the book that not ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login This book offers an authoritative overview of the history of evangelicalism as a global movement, from its origins in Europe and North ...

At its core, evangelicalism is characterized by a belief in the literal truth of the Bible. For example, evangelicals believe that the world and humans were created by God; that Jesus was ...

Led by prominent figures such as the late Jerry Falwell, contemporary evangelicalism emerged as a political force in the 1970s and 1980s and championed conservative religious values.