9780190630515-0190630515-Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism

Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism

ISBN-13: 9780190630515
ISBN-10: 0190630515
Edition: Reprint
Author: Molly Worthen
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 376 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780190630515
ISBN-10: 0190630515
Edition: Reprint
Author: Molly Worthen
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 376 pages

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Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism (ISBN-13: 9780190630515 and ISBN-10: 0190630515), written by authors Molly Worthen, was published by Oxford University Press in 2016. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Churches & Church Leadership (History, Christian Books & Bibles) books. You can easily purchase or rent Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Churches & Church Leadership books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $3.05.

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Evangelical Christianity is a paradox. Evangelicals are radically individualist, but devoted to community and family. They believe in the transformative power of a personal relationship with God, but are wary of religious enthusiasm. They are deeply skeptical of secular reason, but eager to find scientific proof that the Bible is true.

In this groundbreaking history of modern American evangelicalism, Molly Worthen argues that these contradictions are the products of a crisis of authority that lies at the heart of the faith. Evangelicals have never had a single authority to guide them through these dilemmas or settle the troublesome question of what the Bible actually means. Worthen chronicles the ideological warfare, institutional conflict, and clashes between modern gurus and maverick disciples that lurk behind the more familiar narrative of the rise of the Christian Right. The result is an ambitious intellectual history that weaves together stories from all corners of the evangelical world to explain the ideas and personalities-the scholarly ambitions and anti-intellectual impulses-that have made evangelicalism a cultural and political force.

In Apostles of Reason, Worthen recasts American evangelicalism as a movement defined not by shared doctrines or politics, but by the problem of reconciling head knowledge and heart religion in an increasingly secular America. She shows that understanding the rise of the Christian Right in purely political terms, as most scholars have done, misses the heart of the story. The culture wars of the late twentieth century emerged not only from the struggle between religious conservatives and secular liberals, but also from the civil war within evangelicalism itself-a battle over how to uphold the commands of both faith and reason, and how ultimately to lead the nation back onto the path of righteousness.

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