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One of the biggest movements in American Christianity, especially among younger evangelicals, is a groundswell of interest in the Reformed tradition. In
Reformed Resurgence, Brad Vermurlen provides a comprehensive sociological account of this New Calvinist phenomenon--and what it entails for the broader evangelical landscape in the United States.
List of contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Background, Clarifications, and Overview
- Chapter 2: Institutions, Leaders, and Features of the New Calvinist Movement
- Chapter 3: The Tribes and Their Comparative Strengths
- Chapter 4: A Field-Theoretic Model of Religious Strength
- Chapter 5: Demonstration of the Model, Part I: Precipitating Causes
- Chapter 6: Demonstration of the Model, Part II: Game-like Contestation
- Chapter 7: American Evangelicalism in Hypermodernity
- Appendix A: Research Methods
- Appendix B: Nine (or so) Alternatives to Calvinism
- Appendix C: Twitter Followers
- Appendix D: Is the New Calvinism Past Its Prime?
About the author
Brad Vermurlen is a research associate in the department of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and a generations in dialogue fellow at the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Notre Dame in 2016. His website is www.bradvermurlen.com.
Summary
One of the biggest movements in American Christianity, especially among younger evangelicals, is a groundswell of interest in the Reformed tradition. In Reformed Resurgence, Brad Vermurlen provides a comprehensive sociological account of this New Calvinist phenomenon--and what it entails for the broader evangelical landscape in the United States.
Additional text
Reformed Resurgence details the rise to influence within American evangelicalism of a revivified Calvinist movement that appeals primarily to younger, college educated evangelicals through its emphasis on a strong, conservative, theological and cultural program. Beyond the strategies employed by New Calvinists to gain power within evangelicalism, Brad Vermurlan shows the theological underpinnings of much of evangelical political thinking today. Reformed Resurgence is a must-read for those seeking to understanding this important segment of American religion and how it may play out in the future.
