REL S 390A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Great Commission
Major Christian Traditions and Politics
Evangelicalism
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Mainline Denominations
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African American Protestantism
3.
Roman Catholicism
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Evangelicals, the 1970s, and Beyond
Christian right
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Moral majority
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Carter, Clinton, Bush, Obama
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People crave
Strong faith
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Concrete answers
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Tight bonds of community
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Beliefs
Born-again experience
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"saved"
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High view of structure
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Christian orthodox beliefs (Bible, Christ's divinity, Christ's
atonement and resurrection, literal heaven and hell)
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Great Commission
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Thursday, February 1, 2018
9:35 AM