Fundamentalism and Evangelicals

ISBN-13: 9780199532537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 400 str.

Dr Harriet A. Harris

Opis

This study examines the contentious claim that much evangelicalism is fundamentalist in character. Within Protestantism, the term "fundamentalism" denotes not only a movement but also a mentality which has greatly affected evangelicals, and which involves preserving as factual a reading of scripture as possible. Here the development and dismantling of the fundamentalist mentality is examined in light of philosophical influences upon evangelicalism over the last three centuries, notably: Common Sense, Realism, neo-Calvinism, and modern hermeneutical philosophy. Particular attention is paid to James Barr's critique of fundamentalism and to evangelical rejoinders.

Recenzje

meticulous and wide-ranging research, imaginative and resourceful analysis and tidy and adroit argumentation

O autorze

Harriet A. Harris is Lecturer in Theological Studies at the University of Exeter.