tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post6692756643840999498..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Studies on Global Christianity and the American Foreign Policy HistorianPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-52966765605489734132013-10-27T21:05:09.681-06:002013-10-27T21:05:09.681-06:00These are really fascinating questions, Mark. I...These are really fascinating questions, Mark. I'll be interested to hear about the comments that come out of the roundtable discussion.<br /><br />Based on my research, I think that the groups and individuals that I study believe deeply that evangelicalism is and should be global, and that it is syncretic and adaptable rather than a strictly American phenomenon. Whether that is a true or not is, of course, up for debate. My personal sense is that the evangelicalism of the groups that I study has a definite American character to it; I'm curious to see how indigenous evangelicals in the Global South characterize themselves in the coming decades. If indigenous evangelism comes in a local form rather than an American "evangelical" form, is it still evangelical by virtue of it's aim (evangelism)?<br /><br />Also, while it seems that the renewed globalization of the 1970s contributed to the spread of evangelicalism throughout the world, I'm not sure if this will translate in the current and future global age. The ongoing anxiety/concerns about reaching "unreached peoples" and about the relatively high proportion of people who have never met a Christian in certain regions that I see in the CSGC study (not to mention in the proceedings of the ICOWE) do raise questions about the efficacy or future of evangelicalism. Yet it is hard to ignore the rapidity and extent of the expansion over the past forty years.<br /><br />These are all very stimulating questions for sure!Lauren Turekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371471313398753968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-42645380512909393422013-10-27T21:01:32.279-06:002013-10-27T21:01:32.279-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lauren Turekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371471313398753968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-50381934810193408482013-10-27T11:50:43.218-06:002013-10-27T11:50:43.218-06:00Thanks so much for these stimulating and timely re...Thanks so much for these stimulating and timely reflections, Lauren. I'm part of a roundtable at the US Intellectual History conference this week (UC Irvine) which is taking up the question: Is evangelicalism an American word? We're particularly interested in the question of whether Christian expansion into the Global South can be termed "evangelical," or is that word going to recede in utility as we continue to map world Christianity. From your research, do you think that "evangelicalism," as a label if not a movement, has a future in a global age?Mark T. Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13687874101232569510noreply@blogger.com