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Selfation : Dutch Evangelical youth between subjectivization and subjection
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ISBN: 9789085550198 9789048511228 9048511224 1282453696 9781282453692 9786612453694 Year: 2009 Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,

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The once taken-for-granted notion of religion's inevitable decline in Northwestern Europe is increasingly contested. Instead of gradually disappearing, religion seems to become more subjective, personal and informed by private experience. This book addresses the merits of this influential understanding of religious changes, qualitative in-depth study of evangelicalism among Dutch youngsters, one of the most popular renditions of Christianity in the Netherlands. Guiding the reader through the settings and communities in which evangelical youngsters nourish their faith, it critically discusses t


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Latin American evangelical theology in the 1970's : the golden decade
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ISBN: 1282602381 9786612602382 9047430433 9789047430438 9789004176997 9004176993 Year: 2009 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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The story of Latin American evangelicals doing theology is mostly unknown. In the 1970's there was an important development with the formation of the Latin American Theological Fraternity (FTL). This group spearheaded the theological production in Latin America, marking the beginning of a critical stage in the history of evangelicals in the region. This book deals with the reception history in North America of the FTL and its program. Interamerican theological dialogue is documented and analysed.


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King's sister--queen of dissent : Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) and her evangelical network
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ISBN: 1282602322 9786612602320 9047428439 9789047428435 6612602325 9789004174979 9004174974 9789004177604 9004177604 9789004177611 9004177612 Year: 2009 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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This study reconstructs for the first time Marguerite of Navarre’s leadership of a broad circle of nobles, prelates, humanist authors, and commoners, who sought to advance the reform of the French church along evangelical (Protestant) lines. Hitherto misunderstood in scholarship, they are revealed to have pursued, despite persecution, a consistent reform program from the Meaux experiment to the end of Francis I’s reign through a variety of means: fostering local church reform, publishing a large corpus of religious literature, high-profile public preaching, and attempting to shape the direction of royal policy. Their distinctive doctrines, relations with major reformers – including their erstwhile colleague Calvin – involvement in major Reformation events, and the impact of their unsuccessful attempt are all explored.


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Irrational Exuberance in the U.S. Housing Market : Were Evangelicals Left Behind?
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ISBN: 1451916396 1462340644 9786612842788 1282842781 1451872046 1452720819 Year: 2009 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

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The recent housing bust has reignited interest in psychological theories of speculative excess (Shiller, 2007). I investigate this issue by identifying a segment of the U.S. population-evangelical protestants-that may be less prone to speculative motives, and uncover a significant negative relationship between their population share and house price volatility. Evangelicals' focus on Biblical prophecy could account for this difference, since it may enable them to interpret otherwise negative events as containing positive news, dampening the response of house prices to shocks. I provide evidence for this channel using a popular internet measure of "prophetic activity" and a 9/11 event study. I also analyze survey data covering religious beliefs and asset holding, and find that 'end times' beliefs are associated with a one-third decline in net worth, consistent with these beliefs providing a form of psychic insurance (Scheve and Stasavage, 2006a and 2006b) that reduces asset demand.

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