Fundamentalism & Evangelicalism

Tucked inside the inside flap of the dust jacket were two sparkling diamonds. First was a long list of “Influential Leaders in Contemporary Christendom,” compiled by Archer Weniger. Next was a pamphlet published by Dollar that provided a taxonomy of fundamentalist organizations, schools, radio ministries, camps, etc.

“A new survey reveals that while a supermajority of white evangelical Protestants have taken at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, the group has the lowest vaccination rate among all demographic subgroups questioned.” - C.Post

“American evangelicalism is deeply divided. Some evangelicals have embraced the secular turn toward social justice activism…Old alliances are dissolving.” - First Things

“In a political discussion, we are evangelicals and we are the good guys. In ecclesiastical conversations, they are the bad guys. It is no wonder that our church members, especially new believers, have a hard time following.” - Kevin Schaal

” …let’s just zero in on the most significant problem with Dr. Beale’s taxonomy—that there are only two groups in our day, Fundamentalism and Broad Evangelicalism” - Doran

“…the findings were announced this week by Infinity Concepts, a faith-based communications agency that co-produced the report with Grey Matter Research.” - CPost

On evangelical trends in the arts and doctrine of creation

“Recently in the Atlantic, Peter Wehner argued that the evangelical church is breaking apart…. Additionally, in June, Mere Orthodoxy columnist Michael Graham suggested that evangelicalism in America is undergoing a ‘Six-way fracturing.’” - Breakpoint

“Sometimes we just need to wrangle through new issues to come up with some sort of common clarity. Fundamentalists of a century ago …. We now have to work through and clarify such things as marriage definitions, transgenderism, social media, and even the biblical data on race.” - Kevin Schaal