tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post5681114802264909799..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Manhattan EvangelicalismPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-6868493171903946542008-02-26T06:05:00.000-07:002008-02-26T06:05:00.000-07:00Crusade got involved with King's -- fundraising at...Crusade got involved with King's -- fundraising at that time (late 1990s) provided the means for King's to acquire space at the Empire State Building.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-8345679018899601852008-02-21T13:20:00.000-07:002008-02-21T13:20:00.000-07:00John: Am I correct in assuming that Crusade did n...John: Am I correct in assuming that Crusade did not get involved with Kings until they moved to NYC?John Feahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17856498511226523417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-21904367085563463102008-02-21T10:11:00.000-07:002008-02-21T10:11:00.000-07:00I have interviewed the president of King's, J. Sta...I have interviewed the president of King's, J. Stanley Oakes, and was very impressed with his intellectual heft and vision for the college. The College's goal is to create leaders, esp. in the fields of business and government, while also inculcating Campus Crusade's emphasis on personal evangelism and discipleship. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the article link, John, as I did not know King's had recruited Olasky. I think it's a real coup for the institution. <BR/><BR/>I wish I had had more time to investigate King's for my Campus Crusade book. At the time I was doing the bulk of my research, King's was in the middle of an accreditation struggle, which made it hard to perceive whether the instiutiton would thrive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-1942175525673040762008-02-20T19:10:00.000-07:002008-02-20T19:10:00.000-07:00Russ: Yes indeed, Redeemer is another verion of M...Russ: Yes indeed, Redeemer is another verion of Manhattan evangelicalism. And I would agree with you that it is much more influential than Kings College.<BR/><BR/>As long as we are talking about Manhattan evangelicalism, we cannot forget the pentecostal/charismatic stream led by David Wilkerson's Times Square Church. (Yes, that is the Wilkerson from the popular evangelical book/movie, "The Cross and the Switchblade.")John Feahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17856498511226523417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-85129190668848769382008-02-20T17:57:00.000-07:002008-02-20T17:57:00.000-07:00It's worth noting that there is another kind of Ma...It's worth noting that there is another kind of Manhattan evangelicalism, one is larger, a little older (though still new), and arguably much more influential than the reborn King's College - I'm thinking of Redeemer Presbyterian Church. It's also different from the older evangelicalism in that it is far more culturally literate and engaged, but in a way quite distinct from the political focus of places like Patrick Henry and King's. There's a new evangelical college somewhere in Southern California kind of like that too, I hear.<BR/><BR/>The NYT has done some articles on them, and Newsweek noticed them just recently:<BR/>http://www.newsweek.com/id/109609Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17324732962138305429noreply@blogger.com