Northern Cosmopolitan Evangelical
When one has less than 20 channels, it’s amazing what gets watched. Last night, I was entranced by something on book TV (yes on C-Span). It was a fascinating discussion about two books: God’s Harvard by Hannah Rosen and D. Michael Lindsay's "Faith in the halls of Power".
Here’s what C-Span has to say about it at http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=8772&SectionName=&PlayMedia=No:
D. Michael Lindsay interviewed over 100 evangelical Christian men and women in the field of business, politics and entertainment and explores their ascendancy in their respective fields. Hanna Rosin profiles Patrick Henry College, an evangelical school that considers itself the Christian equal to the Ivy League. D. Michael Lindsay and Hanna Rosin discuss their books at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in Washington, DC.
Wow! I was blown away by this discussion. Frankly, it was really encouraging that such a respectful and open discussion was on TV. It was not dissing people of faith.
And then I am amazed that I am okay with calling myself an evangelical.
Basically, both authors mentioned that the tide is turning from this “populist evangelical” to “cosmopolitan evangelical.” The populist is more of the (Who’s the old guy from the 700 Club?) Pat Robertson and James Dobson who want to create their own Christian worlds . The new kind is on e that wants to live in the world we have and make it better. They are okay with non-Christian friends and even welcome those interactions. But they authors point out that both recognize there is a problem in the world and they know how---and want to---fix it.
They also pointed out that Northern evangelicals are much different than the Southern Baptist strain. That made me happy to hear that. One of the question askers brought up the Reformed faith and Lindsay talked about what a vital force that is today.
Hmmm...I need to read these books.
Here’s what C-Span has to say about it at http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=8772&SectionName=&PlayMedia=No:
D. Michael Lindsay interviewed over 100 evangelical Christian men and women in the field of business, politics and entertainment and explores their ascendancy in their respective fields. Hanna Rosin profiles Patrick Henry College, an evangelical school that considers itself the Christian equal to the Ivy League. D. Michael Lindsay and Hanna Rosin discuss their books at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in Washington, DC.
Wow! I was blown away by this discussion. Frankly, it was really encouraging that such a respectful and open discussion was on TV. It was not dissing people of faith.
And then I am amazed that I am okay with calling myself an evangelical.
Basically, both authors mentioned that the tide is turning from this “populist evangelical” to “cosmopolitan evangelical.” The populist is more of the (Who’s the old guy from the 700 Club?) Pat Robertson and James Dobson who want to create their own Christian worlds . The new kind is on e that wants to live in the world we have and make it better. They are okay with non-Christian friends and even welcome those interactions. But they authors point out that both recognize there is a problem in the world and they know how---and want to---fix it.
They also pointed out that Northern evangelicals are much different than the Southern Baptist strain. That made me happy to hear that. One of the question askers brought up the Reformed faith and Lindsay talked about what a vital force that is today.
Hmmm...I need to read these books.
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