American evangelicals today / Corwin E. Smidt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smidt, Corwin E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evangelistic work.

Evangelistic work--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Rowan & Littlefield, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

American Evangelicals Today provides a broad overview of evangelical Protestants in the U.S. We may think we understand this often-profiled group, but our pictures are usually drawn from mass media accounts or stereotypes. American Evangelicals Today draws on extensive research and survey data to paint an accurate picture of this influential religious group, including social, religious, and political characteristics, and how evangelicals co

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Ch01. Oh God, Our Help in Ages Past? The Evangelical Tradition in American Religious Life; Ch02. Seek and You Shall Find? The Bases of Analyzing Evangelicals Today; Ch03. Let the Weak Say I Am Strong? The Size and Social Characteristics of Evangelicals; Ch04. How Firm a Foundation? The Theological Beliefs and Religious Behavior of Evangelicals; Ch05. Living for Jesus? The Social Theology of Evangelicals; Ch06. They Will Know We Are Christians by Our Love? The Civic Life of Evangelicals; Ch07. We're Marching to Zion? The Politics of Evangelicals

Ch08. In the Sweet By and By? Evangelicals and the FutureNotes; References; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-299-35633-8

1-4422-1731-6