Noll, Bebbington, & Rawlek, Eds., Evangelicalism - Comparative Studies Of Popular Protestantism In North America, The British Isles, And Beyond, 1700-1990

Abstract

This collection of essays belongs in every academic library but unfortunately has limited application for the classroom. In the excellent introduction, the editors define evangelicalism as a variation of Protestantism that places religious authority in the Bible, emphasizes conversion as the central religious experience, pursues an aggressive but individualistic approach to missions and social action, and stresses the Crucifixion as the key event in the Bible. Evangelicalism's historic roots were in the revivals of the eighteenth century, particularly the American Great Awakening and the development of Methodism in the British Isles.