American Evangelical Christianity An Introduction [Paperback]

Mark Noll describes and interprets American Evangelical Christianity, utilising research by theologians, sociologists and political scientists, as well as the author's own historical interests, to explain the position Evangelicalism now occupies at the beginning of the new century.List of Tables.

Introduction.

Part I: Who Are Evangelicals?.

1. Historical Overview.

2. Constituencies in North America and the World.

3. The Significance of Billy Graham.

4. Beliefs.

5. Region, Class, Race.

6. Gender.

Part II: Flashpoints.

7. Roman Catholics.

8. Science.

9. Politics.

Part III: Opinion.

10. Evangelical Politics: A Better Way.

11. Learning a Lesson from Canada.

12. Evangelicalism at Its Best.

Epilogue: The Future.

Guide to Further Reading.

Index.

Noll ... has articulated a fair, judicious, comprehensive and original survey of American evangelical theology from the earliest colonial beginnings to the present day. He goes well beyond the usual traditional rat-a-tat-tat historical profile by adding new features that provoke the reader's interest: sections on beliefs, regions, classes and genders, and what he calls 'flash points' (Roman Catholic, science and politics), concluding with with 'Evangelicalism at its Best' and 'Learning a Lesson from Canada'. Choice

The book is a good starting point on its subject, full as it is of suggested further readings on a number of contemporary flash points of opinion Evangelicals Now

This book...demonstrates yet again the impeccability of Noll's scholarship. His careful mastery of the historilÃÎ