American evangelicals; a contemporary history of a mainstream religious movement.9780742549890 American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of evangelicals; a contemporary history of a mainstream religious movement. Hankins, Barry Barry, Welsh Barri, town (1991 pop. 45,053) and port, Vale of Glamorgan, S Wales, on the Bristol Channel. Once a major coal-exporting port, its more diversified export products include cement, flour, and steel products. . Rowman & Littlefield Littlefield can be the following places:
2008 205 pages $34.95 Hardcover Critical issues in history BR1642 Hawkins (history and church-state studies, Baylor University Baylor University, mainly at Waco, Tex.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1845 by Baptists (see Baylor, Robert E. B.) at Independence, moved 1886 and absorbed Waco Univ. (chartered 1861). The library has a noted Robert Browning collection. ) discusses who evangelicals are and what they want. In clear prose, he gives the history of the evangelical movement in America, explains the core beliefs evangelicals share and differentiates them from fundamentalists. Further chapters deal with some of the topics that ignite violent debate: science, millennialism, gender and political action. Hawkins' work is even-handed and informative. This is an excellent book that goes a long way toward bridging the river of misunderstanding about the evangelical movements. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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