Teaching the Evangelical or

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Comunicación y Gerencia

• Teaching the Evangelical or
• Fundamentalist Student
• faculty.reinhardt.edu/gregory

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Definition of Evangelical Take your pick!!!

• The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE)
  publishes a Statement of Faith to which churches
  must agree if they wish to join the Association.
  It implies a definition of their concept of
  "Evangelical"
• "We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the
  only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally
  existent in three persons Father, Son and Holy
  Spirit.

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Evangelical Definition - continued

• We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His
  miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death
  through His shed blood, in His bodily
  resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand
  of the Father, and in His personal return in
  power and glory.
• We believe that for the salvation of lost and
  sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is
  absolutely essential.

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Evangelical Definition - continued

• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy
  Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is
  enabled to live a godly life.
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved
  and the lost they that are saved unto the
  resurrection of life and they that are lost unto
  the resurrection of damnation.
• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in
  our Lord Jesus Christ.
• http//www.religioustolerance.org/evan_defn.htm

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Definition of Fundamentalism

• The Fundamentalism Project, directed and edited
  by Martin E. Marty and Scott Appleby
• religious idealism as basis for personal and
  communal identity
• fundamentalists understand truth to be revealed
  and unified
• it is intentionally scandalous, (outsiders cannot
  understand it)
• fundamentalists envision themselves as part of a
  cosmic struggle

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Definition of Fundamentalism 2

• they seize on historical moments and reinterpret
  them in light of this cosmic struggle
• they demonize their opposition and are
  reactionary
• fundamentalists are selective in what parts of
  their tradition and heritage they stress
• they are led by males
• they envy modernist cultural hegemony and try to
  overturn the distribution of power.
• http//religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/fu
  nd.html

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Summary Ideas 1

• Salvations is emphasized
• Authority of the Word
• Authority of Pastors and other religious leaders
  to correctly interpret meaning and to provide
  guidance
• Reliance on authority of the Word and those
  religious leaders to provide structure and
  answers
• Distrust in using their own logic all logic

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Summary Ideas 2

• Distrust of others claiming to be authoritative
• All events are interpreted through their
  worldview never challenge their world view
• Others are blinded by the Devil and may be doing
  his bidding (especially professors)
• Be submissive as Jesus was submissive
• Faith in Jesus as God not actions that bring
  salvation

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Other Important Terms

• Millenialism 1000 years of peace when Christ
  rules
• Tribulation a seven year interval when a world
  political leader will gain control and is really
  the Antichrist
• Armageddon a terrible war provoked by the
  Antichrist and most people on the planet will die
  and Gods wrath will be turned on the world.

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Other Important Terms 2

• The Rapture 1 Thessalonians 416-18 describes a
  miraculous event when Christ will descend from
  the heavens. Conservative Protestants believe
  that faithful "born again" Christians who have
  previously died will be resurrected, rise from
  their graves, and ascend to meet Jesus in the
  sky. Immediately afterwards, "born again"
  Christians who had not died will also ascend into
  the air. They will abandon cars, airplanes,
  factory jobs, homes, families, friends etc. Since
  the vast majority of humans are not "born again,"
  most people will remain behind on earth. almost
  exclusively believed only by fundamentalists and
  some evangelical not all Christians.
• http//www.religioustolerance.org/millenni.htm

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Other Important Terms 3

• Dispensational Premillennialismthe Tribulation
  is believed to precede the second coming of
  Christ, and the subsequent establishment of the
  millennial kingdom -- a thousand-year golden age
  on Earth. The Final Judgment follows the
  millennium and Many Premillennialists search
  world events and signs in the heavens for some
  indication of the Tribulation, which they
  anticipate will arrive at any time.
• http//www.religioustolerance.org/millenni.htm

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Other Important Terms 4

• Christian Zionism and the importance of Israel

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Using Values or Worldviews to understand the
disconnect
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Conformity

• Restraint of actions, inclinations, and impulses
  likely to upset or harm others and violate
  societal expectations or norms
• politeness
• obedient
• self-discipline
• honoring parents and elders

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Tradition

• Respect, commitment and acceptance of the customs
  and ideas that traditional culture or religion
  provide the self.
• Humble
• Accepting my portion in life
• Devout
• Respect for tradition

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Security

• Safety, harmony and stability of society, of
  relationships, and of self
• Family security
• National security
• Social order
• Clean
• Reciprocation of favors

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Self-direction

• Independent thought and action-choosing,
  creating, exploring
• Creativity
• Freedom
• Independent
• Curious
• Choosing own goals

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Universalism

• Understanding, appreciation, tolerance and
  protection for the welfare of all people and for
  nature.
• Broadminded
• Wisdom
• Social justice
• Equality
• A world at peace
• A world of beauty
• Unity with nature
• Protecting the environment

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Stimulation - ?

• Excitement, novelty, and challenge in life
• Daring
• A varied life
• An exciting life

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Bourdieu and Habitus

• Habitus is a socialized subjectivity Bourdieu
• Interactive between structure and human agency
  relying on subjectivity.
• This could help?

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Teaching Tips

• Dont demonize them they are already doing that
  to you.
• Dont get sucked into their turf
• Relate materials to humanistic values?
• Find a few good solid examples or avoid
• Show understanding but know your scientific
  process
• Dont give up

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Science and Knowledge

• The very acts of science and knowledge creation
  and seeking in the academy follows a different
  pattern than evangelical or fundamentalist
  patterns of knowledge seeking.
• Skepticism vs. Even to question is a sin

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Their learning style

• Wuthnow (2005) contends their learning style
  emphasizes trusting in an authority figure or an
  authoritative text for answers, submitting
  graciously to what the Bible, the pastor, ones
  boss, or ones spouse may say is right. pg 169
• Notice you are NOT the authority in their
  worldview

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They are not brainwashed

• They are active in wanting to learn
• They also want to have their actions in alignment
  with their values
• They just might not trust you

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Jesus as a sociologist

• It is easier to see the log in someone elses eye
  than the speck in your own Cultural relativism
  and ethnocentrism
• Routinization of Charismatic autority Paul and
  Jesus (caution for advanced users only)