{"product_id":"9780228016953-caught-in-the-current","title":"Caught in the Current","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBritish and Canadian Evangelicals in an Age of Self-Spirituality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Evangelicalism is known for its defence of orthodoxy and resistance to liberalizing trends, it is being reshaped by the modern zeitgeist in ways that evangelicals themselves do not realize. Offering an insider’s view into British and Canadian evangelical churches,\u003ci\u003e Caught in the Current \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how and why evangelicals are changing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvangelical Christianity is known for its defence of traditional Christian teachings and resistance to liberalizing trends. Many Western evangelicals themselves do not yet realize how their faith is being reshaped by the modern zeitgeist. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCaught in the Current\u003c\/i\u003e explores how and why Western evangelicals are changing. Church attendance is declining, conservative moral positions are unpopular, and young people are drifting away from the faith. Evangelism is avoided, so few are joining congregations. Yet these surface changes are only symptoms of a more profound shift that church leaders have not fully apprehended. Drawing upon 125 interviews with British and Canadian clergy and active laity, Sam Reimer argues that evangelicals have been deeply influenced by a post-Christian culture that has rejected institutional religious authority and embraced self-spirituality. As individual evangelicals struggle to navigate these waters, and to distance themselves from politicized evangelicalism in the United States, they are caught between conformity and resistance, between faithfulness to church moral teachings and accommodation of secular values. Many are responding by turning inward to define their Christian beliefs for themselves. The ironic result is that the decline of institutional religious authority is not happening just in Western culture, but within evangelical churches as well. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCaught in the Current\u003c\/i\u003e is an insightful and nuanced assessment of how British and Canadian evangelicals are navigating a post-Christian culture, often in ways that are distinct from how their counterparts in the United States approach it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41778520293473,"sku":"9780228016953","price":105.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_39001519_2f79b302-f5ff-4fbc-90c3-058ddeda90bf.jpg?v=1766007536","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780228016953-caught-in-the-current","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}