Description
Evangelicalism, an inter-denominational religious movement that has grown to become one of the most pervasive expressions of world Christianity in the early twenty-first century, had its origins in the religious revivals led by George Whitefield, John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards in the middle decades of the eighteenth century. With its stress on the Bible, the cross of Christ, conversion and the urgency of mission, it quickly spread throughout the Atlantic world and then became a global phenomenon.
Over the past three decades evangelicalism has become the focus of considerable historical research. This research companion brings together a team of leading scholars writing broad-ranging chapters on key themes in the history of evangelicalism. It provides an authoritative and state-of-the-art review of current scholarship, and maps the territory for future research. Primary attention is paid to English-speaking evangelicalism, but the volume is transnational in its scope. Arranged thematically, chapters assess evangelicalism and the Bible, the atonement, spirituality, revivals and revivalism, worldwide mission in the Atlantic North and the Global South, eschatology, race, gender, culture and the arts, money and business, interactions with Roman Catholicism, Eastern Christianity, and Islam, and globalization. It demonstrates evangelicalism’s multiple and contested identities in different ages and contexts.
The historical and thematic approach of this research companion makes it an invaluable resource for scholars and students alike worldwide.
Table of Contents
1 Evangelicals and evangelicalisms: contested identities
Andrew Atherstone and David Ceri Jones
2 Evangelicals and the Bible
Mark A. Noll
3 Evangelicals and the cross
David Ceri Jones
4 Evangelical Spirituality
Peter J. Morden
5 Evangelicals, revival and revivalism
Michael J. McClymond
6 Evangelicals and Rome
John Maiden
7 Evangelicals and Eastern Christianity
Tim Grass
8 Evangelicals and Islam
Andrew Atherstone
9 Evangelicals and mission in the Atlantic North
Martin Spence
10 Evangelicals and mission in the Global South
Michael Gladwin
11 Evangelicals and the end of the world
Mark S. Sweetnam
12 Evangelicals and race
John Coffey and Stephen Tuck
13 Evangelicals and gender
Linda Wilson
14 Evangelicals, culture and the arts
Peter Webster
15 Evangelicals, money and business
Richard Turnbull
16 Evangelicals and globalization
Philip Jenkins
