Evangelicals, evolution, and inerrancy: a comparative study of congregational boundary work

Unsworth, Amy; Ecklund, Elaine Howard

doi:10.1080/13537903.2021.1945752

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“…In this respect, an infallible view is not necessarily at odds with scientific accounts of the origins of the universe and both views may be reconciled by referring, for instance, to intelligent design. However, different views on creation may not only reflect underlying different views on the Bible, but, as Unsworth and Howard Ecklund (2021) have recently shown, these differences may also pertain to differences in religious context. Within congregations located in a majority religious context, that is, a geographical area where a large number of people share the same religious tradition as those inside the congregation, it is easier for those congregations to convey more traditional or strict beliefs.…”

Section: Hallmarks Of Evangelical Identitymentioning

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E Pluribus Unum? Constructing a Typology of Contemporary Dutch Evangelicals

Vermeer,

Glas

2023

Scientific Study of Religion

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Against the background of the assumed polymorphous character of evangelicalism as a trans‐denominational movement, this article aims to construct a typology of Dutch evangelicals and, subsequently, to test whether this religious typology also manifests sociodemographic differences. Two research questions are addressed: Which types can be distinguished among contemporary Dutch evangelicals on the basis of their core religious convictions and religious orientations? and To what extent do these types also display sociodemographic differences? Analyzing survey data on more than 1100 Dutch evangelicals using latent class analysis reveals five types of evangelicals: Proclaiming Orthodox, Engaged Orthodox, Spiritual Orthodox, Seeking Orthodox, and Questing Liberals. These five types basically seem to represent an orthodox‐liberal continuum and mainly differ in terms of gender, age, income, education, and marital status.

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Section: Hallmarks Of Evangelical Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

E Pluribus Unum? Constructing a Typology of Contemporary Dutch Evangelicals

Vermeer,

Glas

2023

Scientific Study of Religion

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“…The Bible is central to the White evangelical faith, and its language may have been used to maintain the evangelical culture (Blyth et al, 2018;Perry et al, 2020). Central tenets of evangelical beliefs are the doctrinal views of the sufficiency and inerrancy of the Bible (Barr, 2021;Blyth et al, 2018;Unsworth & Ecklund, 2021).…”

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White American Fundamentalist Evangelical Cultural Power and Control Wheel

Norton

2023

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Social inequality and abuse are prevalent within the White fundamentalist evangelical culture and permeate society; therefore, the Duluth model was the inspiration to highlight influencing cultural factors and tactics used by those with power and privilege within the religious subculture possibly to exert power and control to aid those affected by the religious subculture and clinicians. Examining a few underpinnings influencing the cultural framework is necessary to initiate a conversation on how culture may perpetuate a cycle of power and control. This article underscores how Christian nationalism, patriarchal, purity culture, and White supremacy ideologies may have shaped the translation and interpretation of the Bible. The four cultural values discussed may be foundational to the translation and interpretation of the Bible, which may have been transmitted through various mediums. The culture-infused religious community may be activated to utilize various tactics potentially to establish and maintain power and control over others. This information can help explore possible systemic impacts on client systems. Through the inspiration from the Duluth model stemming from a subcultural identity framework, possible tactics potentially used within the White fundamental evangelical culture may be noted. It is vital to highlight these ideological underpinnings are not exclusive to the White fundamentalist evangelical culture, and not everyone within this culture ascribes to these ideologies.

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Religion and Help-Seeking: Theological Conservatism and Preferences for Mental Health Assistance

Moreno

Bartkowski

2022

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Religious affiliation and attendance have been shown to affect various facets of mental health, including the willingness to seek mental health assistance; however, little is known about how theological beliefs influence people’s assessments of religious and secular mental health assistance options. Prior research using theological conservatism (beliefs about scripture, sin, and salvation) has conceptualized this perspective as being a schema in which the dimensions operate in tandem. Nonetheless, given the personalized nature of mental health, this study has conceptualized this perspective as three interrelated, but distinctly different dimensions of a religious belief system. Using data from the NORC General Social Survey’s (GSS) 2006 and 2018 waves (N = 2563), this study enlists a fruitful but underutilized approach to gauging perceptions of mental health assistance through the use of situational vignettes that prompt survey respondent appraisals of different sets of circumstances and various possible solutions. This study finds some support for the hypothesis that predicted theological conservatism would be associated with a more favorable view of religious support for mental health as opposed to secular sources of assistance; there was also considerable support for the hypothesis that the salvation dimension of this worldview would exhibit an influence apart from the scripture and sin dimensions. This investigation sheds light on an understudied facet of religion in relation to receptivity toward distinctive forms of mental health treatment and highlights potential directions for future research.

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Evangelicals, evolution, and inerrancy: a comparative study of congregational boundary work

Cited by 3 publications

References 36 publications

E Pluribus Unum? Constructing a Typology of Contemporary Dutch Evangelicals

E Pluribus Unum? Constructing a Typology of Contemporary Dutch Evangelicals

White American Fundamentalist Evangelical Cultural Power and Control Wheel

Religion and Help-Seeking: Theological Conservatism and Preferences for Mental Health Assistance

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