02839nam 2200589 a 450 991045460310332120200520144314.01-282-49756-197866124975680-7425-7026-6(CKB)1000000000723091(EBL)466954(OCoLC)318209991(SSID)ssj0000102058(PQKBManifestationID)12034559(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102058(PQKBWorkID)10048875(PQKB)11263277(MiAaPQ)EBC466954(Au-PeEL)EBL466954(CaPaEBR)ebr10364247(CaONFJC)MIL249756(EXLCZ)99100000000072309120071025d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican evangelicals[electronic resource] a contemporary history of a mainstream religious movement /Barry HankinsLanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishersc20081 online resource (220 p.)Critical issues in historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-7425-4989-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index.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.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 gCritical issues in history.EvangelicalismUnited StatesUnited StatesChurch historyElectronic books.Evangelicalism277.3/082Hankins Barry1956-969943MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454603103321American evangelicals2204797UNINA