A Methodological Suggestion for Discussing the Evangelical Identity

February 12th, 2005 | 1 min read

Now that I have thought about Dr. Jackson's characterization of evangelicalism a bit more, it has occurred to me that attempting to include a "spiritual ethos" in a description of evangelicalism is to fall prey to a "sociological" interpretation of evangelicalism. Is it possible to be robustly "evangelical" without having the "spiritual ethos" of the Wesleys and their descendants?

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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Evangelicalism

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A Methodological Suggestion for Discussing the Evangelical Identity

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