Yet saints their watch are keeping: fundamentalists, modernists, and the development of evangelical ecclesiology, 1887 - 1937
Evangelicals have always worried about how to be the Church in "the world." They have also struggled to determine with which institutions to attach themselves. Examining the idea of the church, or ecclesiology, within the Northern Protestant "establishment" in the late-nineteenth...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Macon, Ga
Mercer University Press
2006
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| In: | Year: 2006 |
| Edition: | 1. ed. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Church reform
/ Ecclesiology
/ Evangelical movement
/ History 1887-1937
B USA / Protestantism / Liberal theology / Evangelical movement / History 1887-1937 |
| Further subjects: | B
Evangelicalism (United States)
History
B United States Church history B Modernist-fundamentalist controversy B Evangelicalism Case studies United States B Evangelicalism History United States B Evangelicalism (United States) Case studies |
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| Summary: | Evangelicals have always worried about how to be the Church in "the world." They have also struggled to determine with which institutions to attach themselves. Examining the idea of the church, or ecclesiology, within the Northern Protestant "establishment" in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, J. Michael Utzinger argues that evangelical ecclesiology was characterized by denominational ambivalence. This ambivalence meant that, while Northern Protestants valued their denominational affiliations, they also had no compunction to work outside of them. Trans-denominational affiliations, a result of this ambivalence, often acted as an agent for change that not only disturbed but revitalized their home denominations. Evangelicals believed their denominations were worth fighting for, even while they criticized their respective denomination's shortcomings. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0865549028 |