TheOoze
Robert Webber's book on the "Young Evangelicals" - who has read it? Comments?
"Webber contends that American evangelicalism has gone through three eras in the past 50 years. The "traditional evangelicals" were the dominant force between 1950 and 1975 (the Billy Graham types). The last 25 years of the twenty-first-century was defined by the "pragmatic evangelicals" (the Bill Hybel types), and now the "younger evangelicals" (the Brian McLaren types).
According to Webber, among other things these evangelicals have recovered a biblical understanding of human nature, aren?t driven by American pragmatism, stand for the absolutes of the Christian faith in a new way, recognize that the road to the future runs through the past, are committed to the plight of the poor, are missional in their orientation, are willing to live by the rules, are technologically savvy, are highly visual in their orientation, value mystery, long for community, are committed to intergenerational ministry, prefer t . . .
"Webber contends that American evangelicalism has gone through three eras in the past 50 years. The "traditional evangelicals" were the dominant force between 1950 and 1975 (the Billy Graham types). The last 25 years of the twenty-first-century was defined by the "pragmatic evangelicals" (the Bill Hybel types), and now the "younger evangelicals" (the Brian McLaren types).
According to Webber, among other things these evangelicals have recovered a biblical understanding of human nature, aren?t driven by American pragmatism, stand for the absolutes of the Christian faith in a new way, recognize that the road to the future runs through the past, are committed to the plight of the poor, are missional in their orientation, are willing to live by the rules, are technologically savvy, are highly visual in their orientation, value mystery, long for community, are committed to intergenerational ministry, prefer t . . .
