Choices Quote by Anthea Butler

“Many Americans resent evangelicals because they perceive us as thinking we have a right to rule them. That perception is not always unreasonable in…

— Greg Forster

It's clearly the case that there's not some moment in American history when every evangelical is holding hands with every Catholic who is holding…

— Ross Douthat

In many ways, American evangelicalism is somewhat stronger today than it was in, say 1955 - certainly more mainstream and influential in the culture…

— Ross Douthat

“Efforts to remove the Christian faith from subjects like American history distort the content of the subject. Just as wrong is the idea that…

— Ronald H. Nash

“Because evangelicals view their primary task as evangelism and discipleship,1 they tend to avoid issues that hinder these activities. Thus, they are generally not…

— Christian Smith

“Evangelicals usually fail to challenge the system not just out of concern for evangelism, but also because they support the American system and enjoy…

— Christian Smith

“The evangelical culture moves too quickly to praise from lament. We do not hear from all of the voices in the North American evangelical…

— Soong-Chan Rah

These 21st-century 'teavangelicals,' who represent a considerable segment of the Republican party, are vastly different from their 19th-century forebears. Nineteenth-century evangelicals were concerned with…

— Anthea Butler

I think it is very clear that, though great difference remained, evangelicals moved closer to Catholics, mainline Protestants and evangelical Protestants moved closer together,…

— Ross Douthat

While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships.

— Tom Brokaw

In the 20th century, evangelical Christians in America have naively accepted the role assigned to us by an anti-religious, anti-Christian consensus in our society.…

— Francis Schaeffer

“Instead I understood evangelical to be an adjective synonymous with “real” or “authentic.” There were Christians, and then there were evangelical Christians like us.…

— Rachel Held Evans