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Evangelical Popular Religion as a Source for North American Liberation Theology? Insights from Postmodern Popular Culture Theory
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Hulsether, Mark |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Abstract | "We need a liberation theology that will draw on the folk piety of Baptists, Methodists, and the rest." At least this possibility has been suggested by Harvey Cox, an influential Protestant theologian and social critic.1 But how should we assess this idea? Is it plausible to speculate that mainstream evangelical popular religion in the United States might take a form, either now or in the future, that opposes the society's and culture's dominant power structures, and upholds the interests of poor people and others who are excluded from power? Can we imagine an evangelical religious-social movement analogous to liberation theologies, the diverse but interrelated set of radical interpretations of Christianity |
| Starting Page | 63 |
| Ending Page | 81 |
| Page Count | 19 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 33 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://journals.ku.edu/amerstud/article/download/2874/2833 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
