Bad girls and boys go to hell (or not) : engaging fundamentalist evangelicalism / Gloria Neufeld Redekop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Redekop, Gloria Neufeld.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evangelicalism.

Fundamentalism.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Engaging fundamentalist evangelicalism

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Or. : Wipf & Stock, [2012]

Summary:

To question the idea of hell as a default destinations is to question the entire fundamentalist evangelical worldview. The book does just that Fundamentalist evangelicalism holds that the Bible is an infallible authority and that till are born in sin. Sinners go to hell but Jesus taking their place died to save them from hell. How did this belief come to be? What were the effects on people brought up with a belief in the reality of hell? What has been the process of people leaving the fundamentalist evangelical movement?

In Bad Girls and Boys Go To Hell (or not). Gloria Neufeld Redekop takes us on her own personal journey as she engages a movement in which she was raised, conducting a careful study of the history of fundamentalist evangelicalism, the attachments to a literal-factual interpretation of the Bible, and an analysis of the experience of those who have left the movement. Book jacket.

Contents:

Engaging fundamentalist evangelical history: Setting the stage : a personal history ; History of the evangelical tradition ; Emergence and growth of fundamentalist evangelicalism in North America ; The role of singing in early fundamentalist evangelicalism

Engaging the fundamentalist evangelical interpretation of the Bible: Authority of the Bible : a primary fundamental ; A case study of an alternative approach to biblical interpretation ; What do we know about hell?

Engaging the fundamentalist evangelical experience: Personal experiences of former fundamentalist evangelicals ; Stages of faith and levels of consciousness ; Dealing with the effects of leaving fundamentalist evangelicalism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-329) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781620320617

1620320614

OCLC:

809616007

Publisher Number:

99950867630