Evangelicalism

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CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE

Evangelicalism: What Is It? And Who Cares?

4 min

Evangelicalism: What Is It? And Who Cares?

Does the term “evangelical” have any remaining usefulness, whether for historians and sociologists seeking to study a distinct population?

And…He’s Out: A Riposte to Daniel Silliman’s Attempted Assault on Bebbington’s Quadrilateral

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

5 min

EVANGELICALISM

And…He’s Out: A Riposte to Daniel Silliman’s Attempted Assault on Bebbington’s Quadrilateral

Daniel Silliman, news editor at Christianity Today magazine, recently took on some big leaguers without, alas, making much contact....

Christianity and Other Religions: Clarifying Terms & Issues

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

19 min

EVANGELICALISM

Christianity and Other Religions: Clarifying Terms & Issues

how Christians are to understand other religions, the destiny of the unevangelized, the basis for salvation, the nature of general and spec

Evangelicals, World Religions, and the Destiny of the Unevangelized: What Is “Inclusivism"

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

18 min

EVANGELICALISM

Evangelicals, World Religions, and the Destiny of the Unevangelized: What Is “Inclusivism"

What is at stake goes far beyond the question of evangelical missionary work.

Was Billy Graham “the Last Nonpartisan Evangelical”?

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

EVANGELICALISM

Was Billy Graham “the Last Nonpartisan Evangelical”?

(RNS) — In the wake of Billy Graham’s death, several major media outlets ran columns suggesting that the evangelist was the “last...

Why It’s Not Just Nominal Evangelicals Supporting Donald Trump

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

4 min

EVANGELICALISM

Why It’s Not Just Nominal Evangelicals Supporting Donald Trump

(Religion News Service) — Since Donald Trump became president, many of us have wondered: Why would reasonable, mainstream evangelicals...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

EVANGELICALISM

Is the Term “Evangelical” Over?

The media are full of anguished testimonies of people formerly identified as “evangelical” declaring that it has been irrevocably...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

EVANGELICALISM

What the Governor-General Got Right

I was a bit hard on Her Majesty’s representative last week as I encouraged her to stick to what she knows and what her office...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

MEDIA

Evangelicals, Elites, and Alternative Facts

Molly Worthen, a reputable scholar of American evangelicalism who teaches at the estimable University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill,...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

1 min

EVANGELICALISM

Anthropological Confusion, Epistemological Failure: Mainstream Media and Moderate, Orthodox Christia

A recent article on conservative trolls among the roiling White House press corps in The New Yorker can stand for a general ferment of...

“Babylon Bee” Bought by TBN & CDM, Repents of “Fake News”

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

EVANGELICALISM

“Babylon Bee” Bought by TBN & CDM, Repents of “Fake News”

Orlando, FL (AP) — In an announcement that took the Christian broadcasting world by surprise, the publishers of online religious satire...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

EVANGELICALISM

Two Straws in the Wind: Evangelicals and the US Election

Factoid 1: Franklin Graham all-but-explicitly endorsed Donald Trump on the eve of the election. Factoid 2: Wheaton College students,...

The Ghost of Jerry Falwell Haunts the GOP Still

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

4 min

EVANGELICALISM

The Ghost of Jerry Falwell Haunts the GOP Still

The following post was prompted by the recent Pew poll that found churchgoing white evangelicals (otherwise not defined) as supporting...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

EVANGELICALISM

Power vs. THE Power

Just a quick thought as I sit in the Moncton Airport waiting to fly west. New Brunswick is Canada’s only officially bilingual province....

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

4 min

EVANGELICALISM

Trump, American Evangelicals, and “the Establishment”

I know, I know: You’re sick of reading about Trump, thinking about Trump, waking up from nightmares about Trump…me, too. Still, a friend...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

EVANGELICALISM

Mr. Trump, Evangelicals, The Globe, and Crucial Distinctions

Canada’s newspaper of record, the Toronto Globe and Mail, expresses astonishment that Donald Trump, “a profane, thrice-married worshipper...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

4 min

CHURCH

Too Cool for the Gospel?

One could read a lot of pages of GQ (and its brethren) before one would expect to find a fair-minded portrait of evangelical...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

5 min

MISSION

Allah and Yhwh…and Tash and Aslan

Just a little more on this issue of “Which God is which?” As I implied at the end of my previous post, but now will say explicitly: I...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

4 min

MULTICULTURALISM

Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?

Prof. Larycia Hawkins of Wheaton College, Illinois, made news when she said she would wear a headscarf (or hijab) through Advent in...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

ETHICS

Evangelicals and the Canadian Election

Just finished talking about the election on Monday with friends Angus Reid and Janet Epp Buckingham on Drew Marshall‘s radio show. A few...

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Thoughts on CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE

NEW BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE

Woke: An Evangelical Guide to Postmodernism, Liberalism, Critical Race Theory, and More

A brief and balanced introduction and response to the culture of "woke" for busy people.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

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