Jesus and justice : Evangelicals, race, and American politics / Peter Goodwin Heltzel ; foreword by Mark A. Noll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heltzel, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and politics--United States.

Christianity and politics.

Evangelicalism--United States.

Evangelicalism.

United States--Church history.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This timely book investigates the increasing visibility and influence of evangelical Christians in recent American politics with a focus on racial justice. Peter Goodwin Heltzel considers four evangelical social movements: Focus on the Family, the National Association of Evangelicals, Christian Community Development Association, and Sojourners.The political motives and actions of evangelical groups are founded upon their conceptions of Jesus Christ, Heltzel contends. He traces the roots of contemporary evangelical politics to the prophetic black Christianity tradition of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the socially engaged evangelical tradition of Carl F. H. Henry. Heltzel shows that the basic tenets of King's and Henry's theologies have led their evangelical heirs toward a prophetic evangelicalism in a shade of blue green-blue symbolizing the tragedy of black suffering in the Americas, and green symbolizing the hope of a prophetic evangelical engagement with poverty, AIDS, and the environment. This fresh theological understanding of evangelical political groups shines new light on the ways evangelicals shape and are shaped by broader American culture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. THE LION IS ROARING

2. REVIVAL, RACE, AND REFORM: THE ROOTS OF MODERN EVANGELICAL POLITICS

3. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.'S THEOLOGY OF THE CROSS

4. CARL F. H. HENRY'S UNEASY CONSCIENCE

5. FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: NURTURING AND DEFENDING THE FAMILY

6. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: FOR THE HEALTH OF THE NATION

7. THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: A QUIET REVOLUTION

8. SOJOURNERS: THE GREAT AWAKENING

9. EVANGELICAL POLITICS IN A SHADE OF BLUE GREEN

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-35299-7

9786612352997

0-300-15573-5

OCLC:

586098237