New Evangelical Social Engagement

Evangelicals are increasingly turning their attention to such issues as the environment, international human rights, economic development, racial reconciliation, and urban renewal.

About the author

Philip Goff is director of the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture and professor of Religious Studies and American Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Author or editor of over thirty books and journal volumes, he writes about the role of religion in American history, particularly its relationship to other aspects of American culture.

Brian Steensland is Associate Professor of Sociology at Indiana University. His first book, The Failed Welfare Revolution, received the Mary Douglas Prize and the Political Sociology Book Award. His academic articles have appeared in leading sociology journals, such as the American Journal of Sociology and Social Forces.

Summary

Evangelicals are increasingly turning their attention to such issues as the environment, international human rights, economic development, racial reconciliation, and urban renewal.

Additional text

The standard academic view of American evangelicalism is growing more dated by the year. Many new movements and subcultural shifts are underway in evangelicalism that open up possibilities for major changes in the future. Steensland and Goff offer one of the best windows into these important changes among evangelicals. This is a must-read for any student of American religion, culture, politics, and civil society.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Steensland, Brian Goff Steensland
• Assisted by: Philip Goff (Editor), Goff Philip (Editor), Brian Steensland (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2014
• EAN: 9780199329533
• ISBN: 978-0-19-932953-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Soziologie, Religion, allgemein, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism, Religion - Church Life, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, Christianity, Religious issues & debates, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Religious issues and debates, Christian social thought & activity, Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches, Other Nonconformist and Evangelical Churches