The Making of Evangelicalism

From Revivalism to Politics and Beyond

Randall Balmer

• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Year: 2012
• ISBN:
  9781481305051
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

With impressively clear prose and a superb command of history, best-selling author Randall Balmer offers a spirited history of evangelical Christianity in the United States. Effortlessly situating developments in evangelicalism in their wider historical context, he demonstrates the ways American social and cultural settings influenced the course of the evangelical tradition. By revealing the four key moments in the movement's history, he ably demonstrates how American Evangelicalism is truly American. Concluding with a manifesto directing where evangelicalism must go from here forth, Balmer's The Making of Evangelicalism will interest every reader—evangelical, mainline, secular—who wants to better understand evangelicals today.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title Page, Also by Randall Balmer, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. The Age of Revivals and the First Amendment
• 2. The Transition from Postmillennialism to Premillennialism
• 3. The Construction of a Subculture
• 4. The Rise of the Religious Right
• Conclusion
• Suggested Readings