Apostles of Reason: the Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

Spring 2017

Keywords

Authority, Evangelicalism, Pietism, Faith, Reason

Abstract

The author posits that three basic concerns form the bond that has held the evangelical movement together. She describes these three concerns as “how to repair the fracture between spiritual and rational knowledge; how to assure salvation and a true relationship with God; and how to resolve the tensions between the demands of personal belief and the constraints of a secularized public square”. In other words, evangelicals what to know (a) how to reconcile faith and reason, (b) how to know Jesus, and (c) how to act publicly on faith after the rupture of Christendom.

Journal Title

Jounal of Christian Ministry

Volume

6

First Page

62

Last Page

64

Book Title

Apostles of Reason: the Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism

Editor

Molly Worthen, author

Publisher

Oxford University Press

City

New York, NY

ISBN

0190630515

First Department

Christian Ministry

Link to Full Text

@ the James White Library

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