Evangelicalism

“It is a travesty of true religion to consider one’s own religion as superior and other’s inferior” -Mahatma Gandhi SHELL SHOCKED CHRISTIAN Growing up in a public school system, I have learned that there are so many different ways of understanding life. During my high school years, I had been friends with many non-Christians. I still follow them on social media like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram and continue to be friends with them. Over the past few months I have noticed that quite a few…

Why were the British Missionaries interested in the South Pacific? After the Second Age of Discovery, Europe and the South Pacific were influenced by each other. The relationship between missionaries and the British identity is a good example. From the late 18th century to the 19th century, the British public doubted the superiority of Britain because of foreign affairs. Around the same time, many missionary societies such as the London Missionary Society sent missionaries to convert the…

reform movements expanded from the Second Great Awakening, a period of religious revival mainly among Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterians. The Awakening itself began in Western New York and quickly spread throughout the US, igniting a period of evangelicalism in both the South and the West. A couple reform societies sprang up in the South and in the West, but it was in the Northeast that the Second Great Awakening formed many societies dedicated to saving humanity from its rash and…

law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; …” The right given to Americans in that sentence is a notion that was first introduced in the colonies during the Great Awakenings. Although the effects of evangelicalism and revivalism are abundant and just as significant, diversity and tolerance within religion is the greatest impact seen on the American colonies. Through the actions and words of religious leaders like George Whitefield and Gilbert…

The First Great Awakening was a series of religious turbulences throughout North America. The Great Awakening was a reaction to the diminishing of Calvinist beliefs in the colonies as the beliefs of Rationalism and Deism were on the rise. The First Great Awakening was mostly associated with the Protestant preacher Jonathan Edwards. Jonathan Edwards essentially believed that all humans were inherent sinners and that we are all sinners in the hands of an Angry God. Edwards preached highly…

outlines of the Christian message. With the second Great Awakening they developed a style that was more emotional and less intellectual. Evangelicals started to distinguish themselves as fundamentalists. “. A "defining characteristic of early evangelicalism," Kidd notes, was its "tendency to take ethnic and racial boundaries lightly" (30). This tendency manifested itself in George Whitefield's ministry to slaves in Georgia”. The Evangelicals came with a dream and they managed to prosper. They…

Frederick Antony Ravi Kumar Zacharias, most known as Ravi Zacharias, was born in March 26, 1946 in India. He is a Canadian-American Christian apologist who defends the traditional evangelicalism. Famous for his writings and an author of many books, Zacharias’ book, Can Man Live Without God?, has won a Gold Medallion Book Award in the theology and doctrine category. His best sellers include Light in the Shadow of Jihad and The Grand Weaver. He is the founder and chairman of the board of Ravi…

In the early American South religion was decided by the region you resided in, race, family status, and upbringing. Rich or poor, black or white, inner city or country, all played a role in the segregation of churches. Religion was extremely conservative and shaped the lives of the South. Regional religion allowed for Native Americans, Africans, and Americans to practice their individual beliefs. Slavery in the South was rooted in religion; the different denominations read from the same book and…

Whitfield’s preaching directly challenged the upper echelons of Anglican authority, but those in favor of a state-established religion still worked to dismantle a man who believed in God. Anglicanism still bears a social hierarchy that does not exist in Evangelicalism or Quakerism. In Virginia, a man had to be licensed by the state in order to preach, which lends itself the government dominating another branch of life, a branch that should be ruled by a person’s conscience. Thankfully, this…

The institution of using others, such as, the Native Americans and the Africans, as a working force for mostly agricultural labor, is commonly known as slavery. These people working like live stock in the fields were branded as slaves. Slavery itself dates back since the era of the Byzantine Empire and Ottoman Empire. From then on it became part of civilization. It dehumanized numerous of people and created them into basic merchandise. Also, care was given little to none, they were used until…