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Consensus, Discord, and Diversity: A History of Evangelicals and Liberals in the United States Dr. Edwin Aponte, Lancaster Theological Seminary This course will examine the varieties of “mainline,” “evangelical” and “liberal” Protestantism in the United States since the early nineteenth century to the present specifically using the lens of Latino/Latina Protestantism. As a specialized consideration of the history of Protestantism in the United States this course will seek to define the historical, cultural and social contexts of the various branches of U.S. Protestantism that go by names of “evangelical,” “liberal,” “conservative,” “progressive,” “mainline,” “fundamentalist,” as well as others categories. This will include the identification of significant events, themes, and personalities that helped shape the development of the dominant bipolar paradigm of American Protestantism. Simultaneously we will focus on the growth and development of U.S. Hispanic Protestantism as a case study of a movement that does not neatly fit into the evangelical/liberal bipolar, binary paradigm. Many approaches to the history of Christianity in the USA assume a normative dualistic paradigm, while a closer examination of the record shows that is a too simplistic explanation. The course will integrate historical and cultural studies and current concerns with the objective of providing a better understanding of the actual denominational, cultural, and theological traditions and alternatives, the issues at stake, and the problems and possibilities for Christian ministry and theological dialogue.
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