Evangelicalism

Jesus Camp is a documentary film released in 2006 where directors Hedi Ewing and Rachel Grady document the events of an Evangelical children 's camp located near Devils Lake, North Dakota. The documentary focuses on the camp its self and the Evangelical Movement, but also on its leader, Becky Fischer, and three of the children in the documentary, Levi, Rachel, and Tory. This film is meant to provide a supposed un-biased look into the camp, and also the Evangelical faith its self. Clearly however…

Introduction Religious fundamentalism, according to Riesebrodt, quoted by Samuel (2015),is an urban movement directedprimarily against dissolution of personality, patriarchal notions of order and social relations and their replacement by depersonalized principles. There are different types of religious fundamentalism too: Islamic fundamentalism According to Munson (2014), there is a variation of the character of Islamist movements throughout the world. While some Islamists resort to terrorism,…

Enthusiasm: Mystical Piety and Evangelicalism in Colonial South Carolina (2013), by Dr. Samuel C. Smith, explains the consequences Evangelicalism had on the government and people, both socially and religiously, in the low country of South Carolina during the eighteenth century. Smith begins with explaining the influences that initiated Evangelicalism, and moved into a discussion on how this movement had a significant impact during the revivalism of the Great Awakening. Evangelicalism…

Jesus Camp is the title of a documentary film that is about an evangelical Christian summer camp led by Becky Fisher. It depicts the lives of children, such as Rachael, Tory and Levi, who attend the camp in details. Most of these children homeschool because their parents disagree with the science education provided by the public schools; creationism is what the evangelical parents teach their children. They are also taught that global warming not a serious issue because it is just a political…

This is a complex, loaded question, but it is one that must be addressed if the church is to openly and honestly dialogue about the issues of race and about racial reconciliation. The two main contributing factors to the racialized nature of evangelicalism are slavery (and the aftermath thereof) and the disestablishment of religion. The first slave ship arrived on the shores of Jamestown, VA in 1619. For its inception, the American version of slavery has been rooted in race. Counter to…

Succinctly, he argues that “evangelicalism, as practiced by white and black southerners, was simultaneously proslavery and pro-community.” By focusing on the interpersonal aspect of proslavery arguments, Irons succeeds in establishing African Americans as active agents who fought for…

of sanctification gap that Lovelace characterizes this evangelical tradition. Although evangelicalism is suffering the problem of sanctification gap in discipleship, I have to recognize that its commitment to evangelism and mitigation of regeneration might increase conversion and mission opportunities globally. The vigorous commitment to the Great Commission is the one key distinctive of the evangelicalism that I am embracing. I believe the sanctification gap will not be a major issue for…

Christians and how evangelicalism affected them (and some whites) to the point of becoming southern abolitionists. This subject is one that is debated in future literature, as opinions on the topic of slavery vary depending on which preacher is teaching and in what region. Regardless of what future literature holds, Matthews argues that the “religious continuum of black Christianity created a mode of survival and sense of victory that was much closer to the original message of evangelicalism…

Protestantism is a form of Christian faith and practice. It originates with the Protestant Reformation, which stands a movement against what its supporters considered to be faults in the Roman Catholic Church. Within Protestantism exists three major divisions of Christendom, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodoxy and Anglicanism. These can be considered independents from the Protestant Religion. Originating in Germany and founded in 1517, however, there is standing now over 800 million Protestants…

During the course of the book, From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism, author Darren Dochuk argues that it is average people and groups that forged the connections between evangelical Christianity and modern politics in Southern California during the 1930s and the 1980s. With “Southern California [serving] as the lab for this endeavor, [with] its evangelical entrepreneurialism a catalyzing force” (113-14). The author declares…