A new engagement : evangelical political thought, 1966-1976 / [print]
by Robert Booth Fowler.
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans, (c)1982.
- x, 298 pages ; 23 cm.
chapter1 Introduction. Who is an Evangelical? -- Special considerations -- The missing Evangelicals -- chapter2 Christianity today and the evangelical mainstream. Capitalism, freedom, and order -- America: patriotism and conservative politics -- Social action -- Companions -- chapter3 The perspective of Billy Graham. Graham, Americans, and the American state -- Graham and social action in the 1970s -- Leighton Ford -- Conclusion -- chapter4 The Schaeffers of L'Abri. Schaeffer's political ideas -- Edith Schaeffer -- Conclusion -- chapter5 Carl Henry: pioneering moderate. The pioneer -- Congenial spirits -- Conclusion -- chapter6 Reform-minded Evangelicals -- Senator Mark Hatfield -- The example of the church of the savior -- chapter7 The radicals. The community -- The new man and the new woman -- Church and state -- The outer world -- Agenda for a biblical people -- Conclusion -- chapter8. Mechanisms for change. Individual reformation -- The Jesus movement -- Institutional reformation -- Government and politics -- The church -- The community of believers -- Other means of reformation -- chapter9 Social concerns. Race relations -- White opinion -- Black voices -- Other black voices -- Hunger -- The poor and the rich -- The defense of capitalism -- Conclusion -- chapter10 The family under attack. Pornography -- Abortion -- Homosexuality -- Women's liberation -- The resistance to women's liberation -- The case of Marabel Morgan -- chapter11 Evangelical Christianity, communism, and Vietnam. Marxism -- The communist movement -- Vietnam -- Conclusions -- chapter12 Conclusion: from Watergate to Carter. Watergate -- Situation ethics -- The view from within -- Toward Jimmy Carter -- Conclusion.
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Christianity and politics--History of doctrines--20th century. Evangelicalism--History--United States--20th century. Christian sociology.