Evangelicalism

William Wilberforce was born in Hull, England in 1759. He received his university education in Cambridge. Described by those who knew him as worldly, wealthy and popular he was known for his wit, good conversation and humour. He enjoyed gentleman’s clubs, drinking and gambling more than study but managed the minimum requirements to pass his exams (Windschuttle 2008). In 1785 at 26 years of age he experienced what he described as his “great change”, and emerged from this period inwardly and…

Introduction The recent death of the evangelical patriarch Carl F. H. Henry brings great cause to those who are beneficiaries of his Evangelical heritage to meditate on his thoughts. In his book The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism, Carl Henry discusses a strong theologically concentrated engagement for global social needs. Fifty-seven years have passed from the time that this book was first published and, while the gap may expose itself in the way this work was written, the main…

Evangelical Protestants maintain influence in American democracy due to their size and involvement in government. One third of Americans are considered to be evangelical Christians. Evangelical Protestants adhere to a strict moral code and place a strong emphasis on the importance of family values. As a result, they object to gay marriage, stem cell research, and abortion. Evangelicals are firm in their beliefs and form pluralist groups like the National Association of Evangelicals, the Family…

Republican Ronald Reagan appeared at the 41st Evangelical Convention with a speech prepared, but the audience had little knowledge of the light he would shine in their lives that evening. In Orlando, he called the Evangelical Church to action in what he titled the world as “The Evil Empire.” Although the speech on the surface discusses world-wide issues, Reagan evokes emotion in a desperate cry to the Evangelical Church by suggesting that together they can cleanse the world of abortion,…

William Franklin "Billy" Graham Jr. is an American Christian evangelist. I chose Billy Graham because my family looks up to him religiously, and my church has went to one of his sermons before. I unfortunately didn’t get to go because I was too young. My churches youth group would always watched videos of him preaching, and I felt as if it was the only person I could write about with interest. Billy was born November 7th, 1918 in Charlotte, North Carolina His parents were William and Morrow…

Two-thousand sixteen has been a record year for climate change. As of now, we are set to have the hottest year on record (Chan). This year also saw the passing of 400 parts per million of CO2, something Earth has not seen for the past four million years (Kahn). Because of this, climate change was a prominent topic during the 2016 presidential election and created a divide between liberals and conservatives. Clinton called for an expansion of President Obama’s climate policies as well as a…

Culture has a different analogy in the retrospect of anthropology. Different groups have different practices and beliefs that make them unique, this all depends on their social learning. The United States is a large country of diversity that for many foreign and even local ethnic groups are still finding their place to call home. For many, religion is their sanctuary and have a strong bond with their ideals. In the film, “Jesus Camp” revolves on a religion known as Evangelical Christians. This…

The second question to answer is, what do Evangelicals believe? Evangelicals believe in four distinct ideas. Conversionism, Activism, Biblicism, and Crucicentrism (What Is an Evangelical?). Conversionism is the belief that human lives need to go through a transformation. They need to go through the process of being "born-again" and then live this lifelong transformation following Jesus (What Is an Evangelical?).Activism is the activity of expressing and living the gospel through the efforts of…

Dr. Patricia Borstoff is an associate professor of Management at Jacksonville State University. She completed her graduate international business studies in Japan, the Czech Republic and Hungary and other various countries. She holds a B.A. summa cum lade from Stanford University, M.A. in history from the University of Albama, MBA from Jacksonville State University and a Ph.D. from Auburn University. Religion plays such a vital role in the principles that people embrace. Over the last few years…

The Word of God The First EPC or Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Kent, WA gave me a primary insight to the Christian religion. Growing up Jewish I never had many opportunities to experience a different religion other than day to day exposure. However, my next door neighbors whom I have grown up with my entire life are devout Christians. Being uninterested in religion as it is I never questioned them about their religion or went to their church in the past. Feeling like a complete outsider not…