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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809238803321

Autore

Hankins Barry <1956->

Titolo

American evangelicals : a contemporary history of a mainstream religious movement / / Barry Hankins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2008

ISBN

1-282-49756-1

9786612497568

0-7425-7026-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Critical issues in history

Disciplina

277.3/082

Soggetti

Evangelicalism - United States

United States Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Awakening and the beginning of American evengelicalism -- The struggle with modernism : origins of the culture wars -- Battling with science : from antievolution to the intelligent design -- Millennialism : folk religion and the career of end-times prophecy -- Considering equality : the tradition of gender, race, and gay rights -- Inspired politics : evangelical religion in the political marketplace -- Back to the academy : evangelical scholars and the American mind.

Sommario/riassunto

There may be no group in American society that is more talked about but so little understood as Evangelical Christians. Sometimes dismissed as violent fundamentalists and ignorant flat earthers, few can doubt the political, cultural, and religious significance of the Evangelicals. Barry Hankins puts the Evangelical movement in historical perspective, reaching back to its roots in the Great Awakening of the eighteenth century and leading up to the formative moments of contemporary conservative Protestantism. Taking on key topics such as the standing of science, the authority of scripture, and g