1: The Evangelical Paradox; 2: Evangelicalism in the Driver’s Seat; 3: Cracks in the “Evangelical Empire”; 4: From Mainline to Sideline: Evangelicalism in Retreat; 5: Reaction and Renewal; 6: God is a Conservative; 7: Selling Jesus: Megachurches and Televangelism; 8: If You Can’t Beat ’em Join ’em
Richard Kyle is professor of history and religion at Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas.
-Evangelicalism: An Americanized Christianity should disturb
Catholic pastors not just because -evangelicalism is the most
dynamic and growth-oriented segment of American religion,- but
because his description of evangelicalism is also applicable to
many Catholics, especially those in the southern half of the
contiguous United States.- --Mark G. Boyer, The Priest -Richard
Kyle brings an unusual combination of theological, historical and
social analytical expertise to the study of American
evangelicalism. Kyle sees the evangelical movement as rich in
paradox and irony, as it took its historical course from nineteenth
century dominance, to twentieth century marginalization, to its
spectacular recent re-emergence. The price of the movement's
contemporary success, Kyle says, may be its capitulation to the
ways of modern mass American society. This book is a highly
informative warning. Americanized evangelical Christianity may be
losing its soul and compromising the core of the gospel.- --James
C. Juhnke -American Evangelical Protestantism, though still not
well understood, is now, through its political clout, one of the
most important ideological shapers of the modern world. But how is
it to be interpreted? What are its historical roots, and what are
its contemporary cultural characteristics? These are the themes of
Richard Kyle's authoritative and readable book.....the best general
account of the historical roots and contemporary characteristics of
this complex phenomenon.- --David Hempton, Times Literary
Supplement (TLS) UK -...engages in a sustained critique of the
contemporary movement. Evangelicalism has capitulated, he argues,
to the forces of Americanism-individualism, pragmatism, populism,
democracy, free enterprise, and so on. In trying to convey the
gospel to the United States, the movement has assimilated the
values of the nation.- --David Bebbington, Books and Culture
-Unlike many authors who have rushed into print to describe
'evangelical' Christianity, Richard Kyle is a veteran exceedingly
very well-steeped in the controversies, complexities, and
historical development of evangelical movements. Kyle's seasoned
perspective shows in the insightful perspectives of this careful
book. . . . Kyle's volume is now the best general account of the
history, as well as the contemporary cultural and political
manifestations of the United States's most numerous, yet also most
complicated, religious movement.- --Mark A. Noll, author of
America's God: from Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln
"Evangelicalism: An Americanized Christianity should disturb
Catholic pastors not just because "evangelicalism is the most
dynamic and growth-oriented segment of American religion," but
because his description of evangelicalism is also applicable to
many Catholics, especially those in the southern half of the
contiguous United States." --Mark G. Boyer, The Priest "Richard
Kyle brings an unusual combination of theological, historical and
social analytical expertise to the study of American
evangelicalism. Kyle sees the evangelical movement as rich in
paradox and irony, as it took its historical course from nineteenth
century dominance, to twentieth century marginalization, to its
spectacular recent re-emergence. The price of the movement's
contemporary success, Kyle says, may be its capitulation to the
ways of modern mass American society. This book is a highly
informative warning. Americanized evangelical Christianity may be
losing its soul and compromising the core of the gospel." --James
C. Juhnke "American Evangelical Protestantism, though still not
well understood, is now, through its political clout, one of the
most important ideological shapers of the modern world. But how is
it to be interpreted? What are its historical roots, and what are
its contemporary cultural characteristics? These are the themes of
Richard Kyle's authoritative and readable book.....the best general
account of the historical roots and contemporary characteristics of
this complex phenomenon." --David Hempton, Times Literary
Supplement (TLS) UK ..".engages in a sustained critique of the
contemporary movement. Evangelicalism has capitulated, he argues,
to the forces of Americanism-individualism, pragmatism, populism,
democracy, free enterprise, and so on. In trying to convey the
gospel to the United States, the movement has assimilated the
values of the nation." --David Bebbington, Books and Culture
"Unlike many authors who have rushed into print to describe
'evangelical' Christianity, Richard Kyle is a veteran exceedingly
very well-steeped in the controversies, complexities, and
historical development of evangelical movements. Kyle's seasoned
perspective shows in the insightful perspectives of this careful
book. . . . Kyle's volume is now the best general account of the
history, as well as the contemporary cultural and political
manifestations of the United States's most numerous, yet also most
complicated, religious movement." --Mark A. Noll, author of
America's God: from Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln
"Evangelicalism: An Americanized Christianity should disturb
Catholic pastors not just because "evangelicalism is the most
dynamic and growth-oriented segment of American religion," but
because his description of evangelicalism is also applicable to
many Catholics, especially those in the southern half of the
contiguous United States." --Mark G. Boyer, The Priest "Richard
Kyle brings an unusual combination of theological, historical and
social analytical expertise to the study of American
evangelicalism. Kyle sees the evangelical movement as rich in
paradox and irony, as it took its historical course from nineteenth
century dominance, to twentieth century marginalization, to its
spectacular recent re-emergence. The price of the movement's
contemporary success, Kyle says, may be its capitulation to the
ways of modern mass American society. This book is a highly
informative warning. Americanized evangelical Christianity may be
losing its soul and compromising the core of the gospel." --James
C. Juhnke "American Evangelical Protestantism, though still not
well understood, is now, through its political clout, one of the
most important ideological shapers of the modern world. But how is
it to be interpreted? What are its historical roots, and what are
its contemporary cultural characteristics? These are the themes of
Richard Kyle's authoritative and readable book.....the best general
account of the historical roots and contemporary characteristics of
this complex phenomenon." --David Hempton, Times Literary
Supplement (TLS) UK ..".engages in a sustained critique of the
contemporary movement. Evangelicalism has capitulated, he argues,
to the forces of Americanism-individualism, pragmatism, populism,
democracy, free enterprise, and so on. In trying to convey the
gospel to the United States, the movement has assimilated the
values of the nation." --David Bebbington, Books and Culture
"Unlike many authors who have rushed into print to describe
'evangelical' Christianity, Richard Kyle is a veteran exceedingly
very well-steeped in the controversies, complexities, and
historical development of evangelical movements. Kyle's seasoned
perspective shows in the insightful perspectives of this careful
book. . . . Kyle's volume is now the best general account of the
history, as well as the contemporary cultural and political
manifestations of the United States's most numerous, yet also most
complicated, religious movement." --Mark A. Noll, author of
America's God: from Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln
"Evangelicalism: An Americanized Christianity should disturb
Catholic pastors not just because "evangelicalism is the most
dynamic and growth-oriented segment of American religion," but
because his description of evangelicalism is also applicable to
many Catholics, especially those in the southern half of the
contiguous United States." --Mark G. Boyer, The Priest "Richard
Kyle brings an unusual combination of theological, historical and
social analytical expertise to the study of American
evangelicalism. Kyle sees the evangelical movement as rich in
paradox and irony, as it took its historical course from nineteenth
century dominance, to twentieth century marginalization, to its
spectacular recent re-emergence. The price of the movement's
contemporary success, Kyle says, may be its capitulation to the
ways of modern mass American society. This book is a highly
informative warning. Americanized evangelical Christianity may be
losing its soul and compromising the core of the gospel." --James
C. Juhnke "American Evangelical Protestantism, though still not
well understood, is now, through its political clout, one of the
most important ideological shapers of the modern world. But how is
it to be interpreted? What are its historical roots, and what are
its contemporary cultural characteristics? These are the themes of
Richard Kyle's authoritative and readable book.....the best general
account of the historical roots and contemporary characteristics of
this complex phenomenon." --David Hempton, Times Literary
Supplement (TLS) UK ."..engages in a sustained critique of the
contemporary movement. Evangelicalism has capitulated, he argues,
to the forces of Americanism-individualism, pragmatism, populism,
democracy, free enterprise, and so on. In trying to convey the
gospel to the United States, the movement has assimilated the
values of the nation." --David Bebbington, "Books and Culture"
"Richard Kyle brings an unusual combination of theological,
historical and social analytical expertise to the study of American
evangelicalism. Kyle sees the evangelical movement as rich in
paradox and irony, as it took its historical course from nineteenth
century dominance, to twentieth century marginalization, to its
spectacular recent re-emergence. The price of the movement's
contemporary success, Kyle says, may be its capitulation to the
ways of modern mass American society. This book is a highly
informative warning. Americanized evangelical Christianity may be
losing its soul and compromising the core of the gospel."
--"-James C. Juhnke"
"American Evangelical Protestantism, though still not well
understood, is now, through its political clout, one of the most
important ideological shapers of the modern world. But how is it to
be interpreted? What are its historical roots, and what are its
contemporary cultural characteristics? These are the themes of
Richard Kyle's authoritative and readable book.....the best general
account of the historical roots and contemporary characteristics of
this complex phenomenon.
--David Hempton, Times Literary Supplement (TLS) UK
."..engages in a sustained critique of the contemporary movement.
Evangelicalism has capitulated, he argues, to the forces of
Americanism-individualism, pragmatism, populism, democracy, free
enterprise, and so on. In trying to convey the gospel to the United
States, the movement has assimilated the values of the nation."
---David Bebbington, "Books and Culture"
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