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emergent-church, evangelicalism, evangelicals
How Evangelicalism gets in the way of being evangelical
11.04.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsFor those interested in Evangelicalism, there’s a groovy discussion of where it’s at and where it’s going at Café Theology. It’s a good fly-on-the-wall read of several evangelical academics worrying and wondering about the direction of their movement. (Hat tip to Tall Skinny Kiwi.) I found the discussion, in a word, confusing. I came out […]
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bill bybels, evangelicals, guiliani, james dobson, obama, religious right
The evangelical crackup
10.28.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsThe NYT Magazine has a great article on what looks to be a split in the evangelical base between old guard propagandists like Focus on the Family’s James Dobson and younger, moderate evangelicals like Bill Hybels, pastor of the Willow Creek megachurch movement. With Dobson and his crew already threatening to leave the GOP if […]
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atheists, evangelicals, parenting
Atheist father vs. evangelical daughter
10.04.07 | Permalink | 4 CommentsAn atheist father writes in to Salon’s advice columnist to ask what he should do about his daughter weeping because daddy is going to hell. The columnist suggests he buck up and go to church with his daughter. Commenters advise taking her to a different faith community each week, taking her to a UU congregation, […]
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d-james-kennedy, evangelicals, evangelism-explosion, jerry-falwell, paul-and-jan-crouch, tbn
Who will be number three?
09.05.07 | Permalink | 9 CommentsDead evangelical leader #1: Jerry Falwell. Dead evangelical leader #2: D. James Kennedy. Who will be next? The easy money is on Pat Robertson. I’m gonna go out on a limb here though and say Paul and Jan Crouch in a plane crash. You could even call it an “evangelism explosion.” Thank you. I’ll be […]
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bible-park-usa, evangelicals, holy-land-experience, nashville, theme-parks
Holy Land Experience 2.0
08.27.07 | Permalink | 4 CommentsYou probably already know about the Holy Land Experience, an evangelical theme park in Orlando. Looks like it might get some competition. A $150 million theme park called Bible Park USA is being planned for Rutherford County, Tennessee, outside of Nashville. Roughly the same size as Dollywood, the theme park is being welcomed by Chamber […]
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evangelical, evangelicals
Mommy, what’s an evangelical?
11.10.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Mommy, what’s an evangelical?Slate.com makes a good stab at it.
