Douglas A. Sweeney

American Evangelical Story (eBook, ePUB)

A History of the Movement

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The American Evangelical Story surveys the role American evangelicalism has had in the shaping of global evangelical history.Author Douglas Sweeney begins with a brief outline of the key features that define evangelicals and then explores the roots of the movement in English Pietism and the Great Awakening of the eighteenth century. He goes on to consider the importance of missions in the development of evangelicalism and the continuing emphasis placed on evangelism. Sweeney next examines the different subgroups of American evangelicals and the current challenges faced by the movement, concluding with reflections on the future of evangelicalism.Combining a narrative style with historical detail and insight, this accessible, illustrated book will appeal to readers interested in the history of the movement, as well as students of church history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Baker Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781585583829
• Artikelnr.: 38327287

Autorenporträt

Douglas A. Sweeney (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is dean and professor of divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, in Birmingham, Alabama. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books on the history of Christian doctrine, early modern Protestant history, American church history, Christology, and global evangelicalism and is a highly respected Jonathan Edwards scholar.