Shifting the sacred: Rob Bell and the postconservative evangelical turn
For sociologist Emile Durkheim, the "sacred" constitutes all those things "set apart and forbidden." Within Evangelical Christianity, and to a lesser degree Protestantism in general, the sacred has arguably centered on the individual believer and her/his personal relationship wit...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Critical research on religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 80-99 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bell, Rob 1970-
/ Protestantism
/ Evangelical movement
/ Individual
/ Religious experience
/ The Holy
/ Community
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion KDD Protestant Church KDG Free church |
| Further subjects: | B
Emile Durkheim
B postconservatism B Congregation B Evangelicalism B the sacred B Rob Bell |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | For sociologist Emile Durkheim, the "sacred" constitutes all those things "set apart and forbidden." Within Evangelical Christianity, and to a lesser degree Protestantism in general, the sacred has arguably centered on the individual believer and her/his personal relationship with God and scripture. Recently, however, a growing movement within Evangelical Christianity has emphasized the sacred nature of relationships and community, culminating in the mantra "God is love." This shift has set community above the personal in the hierarchy of sacred Evangelical things, and is reminiscent of earlier progressive forms of Evangelicalism, such as Social Gospel Christianity. Rob Bell, an Evangelical author, pastor, and Oprah Network star, possibly best exemplifies this change and its ramifications, which extend from a postcolonial critique of mission work and evangelism to a move to more inclusive and even Universalist soteriology. Such efforts that have left Bell labeled as a heretic in some Evangelical circles. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2050303218823260 |