More Evangelical Protestants in the U.S. than Mainline Protestants

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  • leavingwt
    leavingwt

    According to Pew, there are now more Evangelical Protestants in the United States than Mainline Protestants. Thankfully, the JWs hardly register in the grand scheme of things, below.

    Some say we are witnessing the death of "intellectual Protestantism".

    Let’s face it: so far as the great mass of American Protestants are concerned, theology is a dead letter. They are either “tribal Protestants,” going to church because their parents did, or because their neighbors do, or else they are Left Behind fundamentalists of the Huckabee persuasion, fundamentally anti-intellectual and indifferent to theology, or to any kind of intellectual inquiry. (Please note: There are no mentions of glossolalia or snake-handling in this blog.) Intellectual Protestantism probably survives in a few seminaries somewhere, but nobody cares. If I say “intellectual theologian,” to you, you will probably assume I am referring to some RC. Even then, the guy has probably, with very few exceptions, been dead at least 500 years.
  • BurnTheShips
    BurnTheShips

    Mainline protestantism has been shedding "market share" for years to fundie culty style denominations.

    The Unamuno reference is cool, but he wasn't really a theologian.

    Regarding important Protestant theologians, Calvinist philosopher Alvin Plantinga springs to mind. He has some very good stuff.

    BTS

  • designs
    designs

    'Methodists are Baptists who can read'.................Driving Miss Daisy

    The dumbing down of American Society. The Rich Man and Lazarus is literal, go figure the mind set.

  • Chalam
    Chalam

    Thankfully, the JWs hardly register in the grand scheme of things, below.

    Amen!

    Blessings, Stephen
  • AdaMakawee
    AdaMakawee

    This scares me more than the economy on any given day.

  • Deputy Dog
    Deputy Dog

    Designs

    'Methodists are Baptists who can read'.................Driving Miss Daisy

    Do you ever post without insulting someone?

  • PSacramento
    PSacramento

    That is a very small percentage of muslims...

  • Deputy Dog
    Deputy Dog

    leavingwt

    According to Pew, there are now more Evangelical Protestants in the United States than Mainline Protestants.

    How did they define the difference? I think, most don't really know the difference.

  • leavingwt
    leavingwt

    DD,

    Good questions.

    How did they define the difference?

    I do not know their criteria. Check their site for details. They have a good reputation.

    I think, most don't really know the difference.

    Please be more specific.

    As one example, my Episcopal first cousin has told me, specifically, that he is not "evangelical". So, based upon what he's expressed, he considers himself to be a "mainline Protestant". I've also heard a Methodist friend of mine speak in terms that conveys he believes in some type of universal salvation. (He told me that Muslims worship the same God as Christians.) I would assume that these beliefs place him outside the "evangelical" community.

    -LWT

  • sir82
    sir82

    Yikes!

    We'll end up with Sarah Palin in the White House yet...

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