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Highlights<\/p>\n

Part 1: Bebbington<\/p>\n

Part 2: Clark Chapter 2, a bridge between Bebbington and Weber<\/p>\n

Part 3: Summary and a world note<\/p>\n

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Part 1: Bebbington<\/p>\n

David W. Bebbington\u2019s Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to The 1980s[1]<\/strong><\/a>, <\/em>Is more than a walk-through history.\u00a0 During a peer group meeting, Jenny Dooley shared that the reading helped her find her place in Evangelical history. This intrigued me and searching YouTube to find the man himself, I stumbled upon an interview where a Baylor University professor was interviewing Bebbington who apparently teaches at Baylor (in Waco, Texas) on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

From Baylors website, David Bebbington, Distinguished Visiting Professor of History, Education, Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1975, Biography, [2]<\/a><\/p>\n

David Bebbington is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Stirling in Scotland. An undergraduate and postgraduate at Jesus College, Cambridge (1968-73), he subsequently became a research fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (1973-76). From 1976 he taught at the University of Stirling, where from 1999 to 2019 he was Professor of History. He now serves as Director of the Evangelical Studies Program at Baylor\u2019s Institute for Studies of Religion. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

David Bebbington – David_Bebbington@baylor.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

In the interview conducted by Professor Barry Hankins, [3]<\/a> he questions Bebbington about his quadrilateral. Hankins was surprised he said, that in his initial search, that he could only find the quadrilateral in the introduction for another Bebbington Book, Patterns of History.<\/em>\u00a0 Bebbington stated that, \u201cWhat I thought I was doing\u2026was simply summarizing what everyone knows.\u00a0 I really did not think it was original, I was desperately keen to try to reflect the consensus of opinion (see minute 18:00)\u2026.It\u2019s weird that in the last two or three years I find myself at the center of American public discourse (19:01)\u2026which I find slightly alarming.\u201d[4]<\/a><\/p>\n

Bebbington believes that his quadrilateral entered the mainstream discourse when the National Association of Evangelicals referred to it on their website and journalist used it as a reference for the definition of evangelicals. He stated that he was surprised that a concept developed solely for the UK would be so widely used in America.<\/p>\n

Part 2: Clark Chapter 2, a bridge between Bebbington and Weber<\/p>\n

Dr. Jason Clark\u2019s Chapter 2: Evangelical Anxiety: From Assurance to Providence<\/em>, is a nice bridge between Bebbington\u2019s Quad and Weber\u2019s Protest Work Ethic (chapter 3). [5]<\/a>\u00a0 His chapter is broken down into the following subsections.<\/p>\n

2.1 Capitalism: Technical critique or social arrangements?<\/p>\n

2.2 What is Evangelicalism? Bebbington\u2019s quadrilateral<\/p>\n

2.3 Protestant Anxiety and Discontinuities: Generating Evangelical activism<\/p>\n

2.4 Conclusion<\/p>\n

In 2.2 Clark writes, Boyd Hilton like many others also considers Bebbington\u2019s work to be the \u2018best introduction\u2019 to Evangelicalism, whilst Mark Noll declares it to be \u201cthe most serviceable definition.\u201d (p. 56).\u00a0 Clark goes on to say that \u201cThe activism-conversionism \u2018entrepreneurial\u2019 strand of Evangelicalism that developed in the UK in the late twentieth century owes much to its entrepreneurial possibilities because of its situation within developing capitalist markets. (p.56).<\/p>\n

While at Dallas Baptist University, one of my Global Leadership classes looked at Patrick Johnston\u2019s book, The Future of the Global Church<\/em>. [6]<\/a>\u00a0 Johnston writes\u2026\u201d Capitalism was the primary mechanism-though its inherent greed was challenged and constrained by the moral and ethical standards of Christianity, who underpinning helped to disseminate its gains in the West. In a bit of a reverse, Johnston begins to explore the symbiotic relationship between Capitalism and Evangelism.<\/p>\n

Clark\u2019s dissertation takes the relationship further, he writes\u2026\u201dFor it is the relationship between Evangelicalism and capitalism, its \u2018arrangements\u2019, in particular social and embodied organisations, that I wish to explore (p.51).\u00a0 He adds, \u201cLeading early Evangelical leaders themselves noted that their faith propagated fastest and best where capitalist markets were developing\u201d (p.54).<\/p>\n

Part 3: Summary and a world note: GoodSports International – Using Walker and Bebbington<\/p>\n

As GoodSports International (www.goodsportsinternational.org<\/a>) is joining with Ukrainian churches (Redemption Church in Kharkiv) and Christian sports ministries (Penuel -Hebrew God\u2019s face, in Kryvyi Rih).\u00a0 Walker provides some sound advice in his Appendix: Troubleshooting Problems in Leadership<\/em>, he states \u201cWhat are your foundations going to be?\u00a0 You need to establish core values, expected behaviours, standards, goals, routines and rhythms.\u00a0 Are you clear about yours? \u201c[7]<\/a>\u00a0 Bebbington helps GoodSports remember the core values (the quadrilateral) as we select our ministry partners in our relationship building process with the Ukrainian children, youth, and adults. \u00a0Scripturally, the \u201cRomans road\u201d helps us to align the quardilateral to our work.<\/p>\n