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Showing 1 to 20 of 112 for “"Evangelicalism"”.
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The Evangelicalism of Alexander Carson
This dissertation examines the evangelicalism of Alexander Carson (ca. 1776- 1844) using David Bebbington's evangelical quadrilateral--biblicism, crucicentrism, conversionism, and activism--as a framework. Chapter 1 gives an introduction to the study and a biographical sketch of Carson's life and …
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Boundaries and traditions: defining American evangelicalism from 1965-1980
… from 1965-1980 cast contesting definitions of evangelicalism. Each chapter identifies what evangelicals advocated, how they made those appeals, and the lines of fracture that split the movement. Ultimately, these historical fractures link to contemporary debates within evangelicalism that are …
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Book People: Evangelical Books and the Making of Contemporary Evangelicalism
… Evangelical Books and the Making of Contemporary Evangelicalism" traces the conjoined histories of evangelical Christianity and evangelical book culture in the United States. Although existing studies of religion, media, and business have explored evangelical print culture in the nineteenth and …
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Evangelicalism and capitalism: a reparative account and diagnosis of pathogeneses in the relationship
… are often built upon a lack of understanding of Evangelicalism, and an uncritical reliance both on Max Weber’s Protestant Work Ethic and on David Bebbington’s Quadrilateral of Evangelical priorities. This then gives rise to misunderstandings and faulty prescriptions for the future of …
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Community of Counter-Conduct: Politics and Practices of LGBTQ Christian Activism in Evangelicalism
… and difference and seek to create change within evangelicalism. TRP is a national parachurch organization with Kansas roots working to change, through grassroots organizing and theological training, mainly conservative evangelical attitudes and teaching about LGBTQ people. The material for the …
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The Return of Participatory Scriptural Hermeneutics in Evangelicalism: An Augustinian Philosophy of Communication
… to meet the hermeneutical crisis in current Evangelicalism. Evangelical identity is centered on scripturally mediated belief and mission that ties together its ecumenical coalition, but its hermeneutic principles were co-opted by modernism and have now become further embattled by the turn …
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The role of Evangelicalism in the formation of nineteenth-century Ulter Protestant cultural identity
… with particular attention paid to the role of evangelicalism, prominent during the relevant period. The assessment is made against the historic backdrop of the Ulster Revival (1859), disestablishment of the Church of Ireland (1869) and the threat of home rule (1880s). In order to gauge more …
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Evangelicalism, cultural influences and theological change: considered with special reference to the thought of Thomas Rawson Birks (1810-1883)
… to the changing character of nineteenth-century Evangelicalism itself and to the wider question of the relationship between cultural influences and theological change. The thesis will argue that B irks's distinctive interpretations of central Evangelical doctrines represented an original and …
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A critical examination of Evangelicalism in South Africa, with special reference to the Evangelical Witness document and concerned evangelicals
… of a recognition of the need for research into evangelicalism as a distinct and important area within the Christian church in South Africa. It focuses on the struggle for the symbols and doctrines of the evangelical tradition in South Africa as that struggle is articulated in the Evangelical …
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Angelic Wasting: The Impacts of the Enlightenment, Evangelicalism, and the Industrial Revolution on Romanticization of Tuberculosis in England, 1800-1850
<p>This thesis aims to elucidate the intersections between the portrayal of tuberculosis in the Romantic era and the Enlightenment, evangelism, and the Industrial Revolution. This study aims to do so by locating and analyzing depictions in the primary source representations of the disease, then …
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Heralding South Africa's redemption : evangelicalism and Ethiopianism in the missionary philosophy of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. 1880-1930
(Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of History, 2010
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Anglican evangelicalism in Sydney 1897-1953 : the thought and influence of three Moore College principals - Nathaniel Jones, DJ Davies and TC Hammond
… These case studies not only caste light on evangelicalism more generally. Since the College played a key role, they also throw light on the Anglican character of the Diocese of Sydney.
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The influence of fundamentalism on evangelicalism in South Africa with special reference to the role of Plymouth Brethrenism amongst the Cape coloured population
This dissertation is a study of Christian fundamentalism in South Africa looking at its character, history, major influences, development, resilience and resurgence. The study focuses on the Plymouth Brethren who thrived among the coloured communities of the Cape in the early decades of the …
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Evangelical Dictatorship Driving the Guatemalan Civil War: Reconsidering Ríos Montt, the “Savior of La Nueva Guatemala”
… used as a pretext for American born Protestant evangelicalism—mainly Pentecostalism—to gain entry in the Guatemalan society. A major consequence of the earthquake relief efforts by American evangelicals, is that their meddling also intensified the Mayan genocide during the Guatemalan Civil War …
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When Sunday Meets Monday: American Evangelicals, their Gospel, and the Workplace
The relationship between American evangelicalism and contemporary society is a complex one. By looking at evangelical attitudes toward work, this study aspires to at least begin untangling some of this convoluted relationship. Drawing upon history, theology, and sociology, especially ethnographic …
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SEEKERS NO MORE: HISTORICAL SOURCES OF AMERICAN VOLUNTARYISM
… became normative within elements of American Evangelicalism. This particular thesis explores the nature of religious voluntaryism as evident in certain sixteenth and seventeenth-century historical tributaries. These trends shaped segments of American Evangelicalism, namely the seeker church …
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