Analysis Of New Evangelicalism
The author starts his book by introducing what the “new evangelicalism” is. He first gives a definition of evangelicalism: “a Protestant view of the “good news” (from the Greek word euangelion) of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ” (XVI). Then he distinguishes evangelicalism and new evangelicalism says, “The term “new evangelicalism” applies to a strain of conservative, traditional, Protestant, religious thought that coalesced into a movement in the mid-twentieth century, purporting to avoid the fundamentalist right and the neo-orthodox/neo liberal left” (XVI). He argues his view by stating historical background, theological research, and social act of new evangelism, based on his theological perspective.
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New evangelicalism is based on fundamentalism’s history and education. However, “organizationally they [new evangelicals] were within the broader fundamentalist/evangelical coalition” (27).
From 1942, “The National Association of Evangelicals” created four significant issues: unity/separation, social, scholarship/intellectualism, and evangelism. Ellingsen describe the unity/separation issue well, he says, “In many ways this desire to present the old fundamentals of the faith in a positive not merely defensive, way was to set the agenda and rationale for the emergence of Evangelicalism out of its original Fundamentalist heritage” (29).
The New England Fellowship, which founded by J. Elwin Wright in 1929, unified evangelicals, as well as Harold John Ockenga. However, during early 1950s John r. Rice and Bob Jones Sr. and Jr. left The National Association of Evangelicals, because of its weak position on separation. Furthermore, because of departure of some scholars, NAE received criticism. W. E Riley describes the NAE as a “divisive organization” (31). During that period, Carl MacIntire wanted NAE to join the American Council of Christian Churches in 1941. However, NAE refuse to join ACCC, because “ecclesiastical separation, the question of creating a council of churches vis-a-vis a fellowship of evangelicals, and
In the first chapter, …show more content…
New evangelicalism is based on fundamentalism’s history and education. However, “organizationally they [new evangelicals] were within the broader fundamentalist/evangelical coalition” (27).
From 1942, “The National Association of Evangelicals” created four significant issues: unity/separation, social, scholarship/intellectualism, and evangelism. Ellingsen describe the unity/separation issue well, he says, “In many ways this desire to present the old fundamentals of the faith in a positive not merely defensive, way was to set the agenda and rationale for the emergence of Evangelicalism out of its original Fundamentalist heritage” (29).
The New England Fellowship, which founded by J. Elwin Wright in 1929, unified evangelicals, as well as Harold John Ockenga. However, during early 1950s John r. Rice and Bob Jones Sr. and Jr. left The National Association of Evangelicals, because of its weak position on separation. Furthermore, because of departure of some scholars, NAE received criticism. W. E Riley describes the NAE as a “divisive organization” (31). During that period, Carl MacIntire wanted NAE to join the American Council of Christian Churches in 1941. However, NAE refuse to join ACCC, because “ecclesiastical separation, the question of creating a council of churches vis-a-vis a fellowship of evangelicals, and