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Reformed Resurgence : The New Calvinist Movement and the Battle over American Evangelicalism by Brad Vermurlen (2020, Hardcover)
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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
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Publication NameReformed Resurgence : the New Calvinist Movement and the Battle over American Evangelicalism
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SubjectChristianity / Denominations, General
Publication Year2020
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AuthorBrad Vermurlen
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Reviews"Brad Vermurlen has his finger on the pulse of a remarkable second-order religious subculture in this probing analysis of New Calvinism. Using novel theoretical insights and diverse methods, Reformed Resurgence reveals New Calvinism and its Neo-Reformed churches to have an early-modern sensibility intent on challenging current ideas about limitless selfhood, moral relativism, and egalitarianism. ... This prescient analysis of the Calvinist-inspired Neo-Reformed movement has valuable lessons to teach us about the uneasy relationship between Protestant orthodoxy, evangelicalism, and American culture. This book is one that observers, apologists, and critics of American evangelicalism would do well to read with care." -- John P. Bartkowski, University of Texas at San Antonio "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." -- Richard Flory, Senior Director of Research and Evaluation, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California, "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." -- Richard Flory, Senior Director of Research and Evaluation, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California, "The author recognizes the issues motivating and plaguing the evangelical movement, and his study of this one aspect is a helpful tool towards comprehending the whole." -- Timothy D. Padgett, The Colson Center, Trinity Journal "This is a fascinating in-depth sociological study of New Calvinism... indispensable not only for understanding New Calvinism but also for anyone desiring insight into sociological methodologies for understanding the newer strands of Evangelicalism." -- Steve Bishop, Presteigne, Wales "...a powerhouse of a book that is narratively rich, tonally empathetic, and sophisticated in scholarship." -- Nathan A. Finn, The Gospel Coalition "Brad Vermurlen has his finger on the pulse of a remarkable second-order religious subculture in this probing analysis of New Calvinism. Using novel theoretical insights and diverse methods, Reformed Resurgence reveals New Calvinism and its Neo-Reformed churches to have an early-modern sensibility intent on challenging current ideas about limitless selfhood, moral relativism, and egalitarianism. ... This prescient analysis of the Calvinist-inspired Neo-Reformed movement has valuable lessons to teach us about the uneasy relationship between Protestant orthodoxy, evangelicalism, and American culture. This book is one that observers, apologists, and critics of American evangelicalism would do well to read with care." -- John P. Bartkowski, University of Texas at San Antonio "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." -- Richard Flory, Senior Director of Research and Evaluation, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California, "Reformed Resurgence suggests a compelling reason to expand sociological attention to religious resurgence broadly, especially in terms of how religion intersects with race, class, gender, and nationalism." -- Roger Baumann, American Journal of Sociology"The author recognizes the issues motivating and plaguing the evangelical movement, and his study of this one aspect is a helpful tool towards comprehending the whole." -- Timothy D. Padgett, The Colson Center, Trinity Journal"This is a fascinating in-depth sociological study of New Calvinism... indispensable not only for understanding New Calvinism but also for anyone desiring insight into sociological methodologies for understanding the newer strands of Evangelicalism." -- Steve Bishop, Presteigne, Wales"...a powerhouse of a book that is narratively rich, tonally empathetic, and sophisticated in scholarship." -- Nathan A. Finn, The Gospel Coalition"Brad Vermurlen has his finger on the pulse of a remarkable second-order religious subculture in this probing analysis of New Calvinism. Using novel theoretical insights and diverse methods, Reformed Resurgence reveals New Calvinism and its Neo-Reformed churches to have an early-modern sensibility intent on challenging current ideas about limitless selfhood, moral relativism, and egalitarianism. ... This prescient analysis of the Calvinist-inspiredNeo-Reformed movement has valuable lessons to teach us about the uneasy relationship between Protestant orthodoxy, evangelicalism, and American culture. This book is one that observers, apologists, and critics ofAmerican evangelicalism would do well to read with care." -- John P. Bartkowski, University of Texas at San Antonio"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." -- Richard Flory, Senior Director of Research and Evaluation,Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California, "...a powerhouse of a book that is narratively rich, tonally empathetic, and sophisticated in scholarship." -- Nathan A. Finn, The Gospel Coalition "Brad Vermurlen has his finger on the pulse of a remarkable second-order religious subculture in this probing analysis of New Calvinism. Using novel theoretical insights and diverse methods, Reformed Resurgence reveals New Calvinism and its Neo-Reformed churches to have an early-modern sensibility intent on challenging current ideas about limitless selfhood, moral relativism, and egalitarianism. ... This prescient analysis of the Calvinist-inspired Neo-Reformed movement has valuable lessons to teach us about the uneasy relationship between Protestant orthodoxy, evangelicalism, and American culture. This book is one that observers, apologists, and critics of American evangelicalism would do well to read with care." -- John P. Bartkowski, University of Texas at San Antonio "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." -- Richard Flory, Senior Director of Research and Evaluation, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California, "Reformed Resurgence suggests a compelling reason to expand sociological attention to religious resurgence broadly, especially in terms of how religion intersects with race, class, gender, and nationalism." -- Roger Baumann, American Journal of Sociology "The author recognizes the issues motivating and plaguing the evangelical movement, and his study of this one aspect is a helpful tool towards comprehending the whole." -- Timothy D. Padgett, The Colson Center, Trinity Journal "This is a fascinating in-depth sociological study of New Calvinism... indispensable not only for understanding New Calvinism but also for anyone desiring insight into sociological methodologies for understanding the newer strands of Evangelicalism." -- Steve Bishop, Presteigne, Wales "...a powerhouse of a book that is narratively rich, tonally empathetic, and sophisticated in scholarship." -- Nathan A. Finn, The Gospel Coalition "Brad Vermurlen has his finger on the pulse of a remarkable second-order religious subculture in this probing analysis of New Calvinism. Using novel theoretical insights and diverse methods, Reformed Resurgence reveals New Calvinism and its Neo-Reformed churches to have an early-modern sensibility intent on challenging current ideas about limitless selfhood, moral relativism, and egalitarianism. ... This prescient analysis of the Calvinist-inspired Neo-Reformed movement has valuable lessons to teach us about the uneasy relationship between Protestant orthodoxy, evangelicalism, and American culture. This book is one that observers, apologists, and critics of American evangelicalism would do well to read with care." -- John P. Bartkowski, University of Texas at San Antonio "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." -- Richard Flory, Senior Director of Research and Evaluation, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California, "Reformed Resurgence suggests a compelling reason to expand sociological attention to religious resurgence broadly, especially in terms of how religion intersects with race, class, gender, and nationalism." -- Roger Baumann, American Journal of Sociology"The author recognizes the issues motivating and plaguing the evangelical movement, and his study of this one aspect is a helpful tool towards comprehending the whole." -- Timothy D. Padgett, The Colson Center, Trinity Journal"This is a fascinating in-depth sociological study of New Calvinism... indispensable not only for understanding New Calvinism but also for anyone desiring insight into sociological methodologies for understanding the newer strands of Evangelicalism." -- Steve Bishop, Presteigne, Wales"...a powerhouse of a book that is narratively rich, tonally empathetic, and sophisticated in scholarship." -- Nathan A. Finn, The Gospel Coalition"Brad Vermurlen has his finger on the pulse of a remarkable second-order religious subculture in this probing analysis of New Calvinism. Using novel theoretical insights and diverse methods, Reformed Resurgence reveals New Calvinism and its Neo-Reformed churches to have an early-modern sensibility intent on challenging current ideas about limitless selfhood, moral relativism, and egalitarianism. ... This prescient analysis of the Calvinist-inspired Neo-Reformed movement has valuable lessons to teach us about the uneasy relationship between Protestant orthodoxy, evangelicalism, and American culture. This book is one that observers, apologists, and critics of American evangelicalism would do well to read with care." -- John P. Bartkowski, University of Texas at San Antonio"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." -- Richard Flory, Senior Director of Research and Evaluation, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California, "This is a fascinating in-depth sociological study of New Calvinism... indispensable not only for understanding New Calvinism but also for anyone desiring insight into sociological methodologies for understanding the newer strands of Evangelicalism." -- Steve Bishop, Presteigne, Wales "...a powerhouse of a book that is narratively rich, tonally empathetic, and sophisticated in scholarship." -- Nathan A. Finn, The Gospel Coalition "Brad Vermurlen has his finger on the pulse of a remarkable second-order religious subculture in this probing analysis of New Calvinism. Using novel theoretical insights and diverse methods, Reformed Resurgence reveals New Calvinism and its Neo-Reformed churches to have an early-modern sensibility intent on challenging current ideas about limitless selfhood, moral relativism, and egalitarianism. ... This prescient analysis of the Calvinist-inspired Neo-Reformed movement has valuable lessons to teach us about the uneasy relationship between Protestant orthodoxy, evangelicalism, and American culture. This book is one that observers, apologists, and critics of American evangelicalism would do well to read with care." -- John P. Bartkowski, University of Texas at San Antonio "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." -- Richard Flory, Senior Director of Research and Evaluation, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal284.273
Table Of ContentList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Background, Clarifications, and OverviewChapter 2: Institutions, Leaders, and Features of the New Calvinist MovementChapter 3: The Tribes and Their Comparative StrengthsChapter 4: A Field-Theoretic Model of Religious StrengthChapter 5: Demonstration of the Model, Part I: Precipitating CausesChapter 6: Demonstration of the Model, Part II: Game-like ContestationChapter 7: American Evangelicalism in HypermodernityAppendix A: Research MethodsAppendix B: Nine (or so) Alternatives to CalvinismAppendix C: Twitter FollowersAppendix D: Is the New Calvinism Past Its Prime?
SynopsisOne of the most significant developments within contemporary 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 phenomenon - known as New Calvinism - and what it entails for the broader evangelical landscape in the United States. Vermurlen develops a new theory for understanding how conservative religion can be strong and thrive in the hypermodern Western world. His paradigm uses and expands on strategic action field theory, a recent framework proposed for the study of movements and organizations that has rarely been applied to religion. This approach to religion moves beyond market dynamics and cultural happenstance and instead shows how religious strength can be fought for and won as the direct result of religious leaders' strategic actions and conflicts. But the battle comes at a cost. For the same reasons conservative Calvinistic belief is experiencing a resurgence, present-day American evangelicalism has turned in on itself. Vermurlen argues that in the end, evangelicalism in the United States consists of pockets of subcultural and local strength within the "cultural entropy" of secularization, as religious meanings and coherence fall apart., 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., One of the most significant developments within contemporary 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 phenomenon known as New Calvinism and what it entails for the broader evangelical landscape in the United States. Vermurlen develops a new theory for understanding how conservative religion can be strong and thrive in the hypermodern Western world. His paradigm uses and expands on strategic action field theory, a recent framework proposed for the study of movements and organizations that has rarely been applied to religion. This approach to religion moves beyond market dynamics and cultural happenstance and instead shows how religious strength can be fought for and won as the direct result of religious leaders' strategic actions and conflicts. But the battle comes at a cost. For the same reasons conservative Calvinistic belief is experiencing a resurgence, present-day American evangelicalism has turned in on itself. Vermurlen argues that in the end, evangelicalism in the United States consists of pockets of subcultural and local strength within the "cultural entropy" of secularization, as religious meanings and coherence fall apart., One of the most significant developments within contemporary 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 phenomenon -- known as New Calvinism -- and what it entails for the broader evangelical landscape in the United States.Vermurlen develops a new theory for understanding how conservative religion can be strong and thrive in the hypermodern Western world. His paradigm uses and expands on strategic action field theory, a recent framework proposed for the study of movements and organizations that has rarely been applied to religion. This approach to religion moves beyond market dynamics and cultural happenstance and instead shows how religious strength can be fought for and won as the direct result of religious leaders' strategic actions and conflicts. But the battle comes at a cost. For the same reasons conservative Calvinistic belief is experiencing a resurgence, present-day American evangelicalism has turned in on itself. Vermurlen argues that in the end, evangelicalism in the United States consists of pockets of subcultural and local strength within the "cultural entropy" of secularization, as religious meanings and coherence fall apart.
LC Classification NumberBX9423.S63V47 2020
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