American Evangelicals A Contemporary History of a Mainstream Religious Movement

by Hankins, Barry

• ISBN13: 9780742570252
• ISBN10: 0742570258
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

There may be no group in American society that is more talked about but so little understood as Evangelical Christians. Sometimes dismissed as violent fundamentalists and ignorant flat earthers, few can doubt the political, cultural, and religious significance of the Evangelicals. Barry Hankins puts the Evangelical movement in historical perspective, reaching back to its roots in the Great Awakening of the eighteenth century and leading up to the formative moments of contemporary conservative Protestantism. Taking on key topics such as the standing of science, the authority of scripture, and gender and racial equality, Hankins analyzes what is most essential for us to understand today about this potent movement.

Author Biography

Barry Hankins is professor of history and church-state studies at Baylor University. He is author of Uneasy in Babylon: Southern Baptist Conservatives and American Culture and God's Rascal: J. Frank Norris and the Beginnings of the Southern Fundamentalism.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Awakenings and the Beginning of American Evangelicalism	p. 1
The Struggle with Modernism: Origins of the Culture Wars	p. 19
Battling with Science: From Antievolution to Intelligent Design	p. 49
Millennialism: Folk Religion and the Career of End-Times Prophecy	p. 83
Considering Equality: The Tradition of Gender, Race, and Gay Rights	p. 105
Inspired Politics: Evangelical Religion in the Political Marketplace	p. 137
Back to the Academy: Evangelical Scholars and the American Mind	p. 163
Conclusion	p. 181
Bibliography	p. 189
Index	p. 195
About the Author	p. 205
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