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There are few words in modern religion as charged as evangelical.
To some, it conjures revival tents, radio preachers, and gospel choirs; to others, it evokes politics, power, and polarization.
But the story of evangelicalism is far larger than any single image. It is a story of passion and paradox of hearts set aflame and systems built to contain the fire.
Today we trace that story: how a movement born in spiritual awakening became a cultural empire, how it shaped the modern world, and how its future may yet surprise us.
This is The Rise of Evangelicalism.
By Soul CuriousThere are few words in modern religion as charged as evangelical.
To some, it conjures revival tents, radio preachers, and gospel choirs; to others, it evokes politics, power, and polarization.
But the story of evangelicalism is far larger than any single image. It is a story of passion and paradox of hearts set aflame and systems built to contain the fire.
Today we trace that story: how a movement born in spiritual awakening became a cultural empire, how it shaped the modern world, and how its future may yet surprise us.
This is The Rise of Evangelicalism.