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A 10 page paper. This essay discusses evangelicalism, in general, including the definitions, core beliefs and what they are based on, and the difficulty related to achieving unity with examples. The paper also discusses salvation and the criteria for salvation according to evangelical scholars. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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so in the same way. Evangelicals are no different. Just as there are subdivisions in many other religions, there are subdivisions in evangelicalism. The traditionalists adhere to orthodox beliefs and
do not want anything changed. The centrists tend to be socially conservative and they also tend to avoid politics and the modernists are a new movement with diverse beliefs. Witheringtoni
explained three major theologies in Evangelicalism. The Augustinian-Lutheran-Calvinist theology emphasizes soteriology, Dispensationalism focuses on eschatology, and Wesleyanism/Pentecostalism focuses on Christian life experiences. Each has a very definite weakness. The Augustinian
theology takes away any type of individualism; dispensationalist leaves out history; and the Wesleyanism theology gives personal experience the same degree of status as the Bible.ii Current evangelical theologians seem
to claim they follow a certain theological path but their words suggest they adhere to a different set of beliefs. Yongiii states that global evangelicalism is very diverse, in fact,
he says that "Even within the Western or developed world, the diversity of evangelicalism is truly amazing."iv This lack of unity has been discussed by many authors along with the
negative outcomes of this event. Sweeneyv made these outcomes very clear in this statement: "It is time that the evangelical movement sees itself for what it is: a lion on
the loose that no one today seriously fears." Sweeney was not saying that everyone in the world should be afraid of this movement, instead, the author was saying that the
evangelicals did not have the political and social power they once had. Some of the leaders in this global movement were Billy Graham, Harold Ockenga and Carl Henry. The
problem was that as the movement grew, it also diversified.vi These well-known leaders had their critics. For instance, Graham invited non-evangelicals to his meetings and he desegregated his audiences back
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