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Neo-Evangelical - Neo Evangelical - Term Defined -
The Sad World of Neo-Evangelicals
Neo-Evangelical News
What is a Neo-Evangelical:
A Neo-Evangelical is someone who retains the external forms, formats, language and rituals of the Evangelical or Protestant Faith, while retaining almost none of the Substance of what historic Christianity is. A Neo-Evangelical is someone who does not know their Bible, does not understand the meaning of basic words, and who does not know the history of their own beliefs. Neo-Evangelicals exist without a knowledge of their history, their roots and their faith. The goal of all true Christians should be to move from the position of Neo-Evangelical to the position of a Christian who is firmly knowledgeable and well-grounded in their Faith and in History. The answers can be found, but the SEARCH for those answers must be pursued seriously and with personal commitment.
AgapePress- Ap 27/05 - The National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR) has begun a second
wave of data collection, adding longitudinal dimension to the
organization's research. The Lilly Endowment, Inc. recently approved funding for
Wave II of the NSYR study, to be administered through the Carolina
Population Center with ongoing cooperation from the Howard W. Odum
Institute for Research in Social Science and the Department of Sociology, all
based at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The $1,101,092
Wave II NSYR grant will continue and expand upon the work done in the
initial wave of research. Over the course of the study, NSYR will be
conducting telephone surveys and face-to-face interviews with the same
teenagers surveyed and interviewed in the "first wave" of the research
project. At the beginning of Wave I, respondents were between the ages of 13
and 17 and will be between 16 and 20 when re-interviewed. Through the
study, NSYR hopes to investigate the shape and influence of religion and
spirituality in the lives of U.S. adolescents; to identify effective
practices in the religious, moral, and social formation of the lives of
youth; to describe the extent to which youth participate in and benefit
from the programs and opportunities religious communities offer them;
to foster informed national discussion about the influence of religion
in young people's lives; and to encourage sustained reflection about
cultural and institutional practices relating to youth and religion. Wave
II of NSYR will run through December 31, 2007.
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