Relatively neglected before the late 1980s, the historiography of evangelicalism, one of the world's largest religious movements, has burgeoned over the last three decades. Given the proliferation of articles, collections, and monographs on the subject, an enterprise that seeks to chart the field and set out proposals for future lines of enquiry is particularly welcome. The volume comprises a total of sixteen essays, mostly by established scholars, grouped in broad thematic sections with the first five concerned with key features of evangelicalism: evangelical identities, the Bible, the cross, spirituality, and revival and revivalism. This is followed by a group of essays on evangelical encounters with the ‘other’: Rome, Eastern Christianity, Islam, and evangelical mission in both the Atlantic North and the Global South. Finally, there is a group of essays on the relationship of evangelicalism to a range of social and cultural themes: the end of the world, race, gender,...
Skip Nav Destination
Article navigation
