Word: protestantism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What are the prospects for the religious right? Historian Martin Marty judges that it has established itself as a permanent interest group, firmly rooted in American culture, but that it remains only one faction among many. On the other hand, Dallas Theological Seminary's Norman Geisler thinks the conservative Protestant...
...scored their seventh and perhaps pivotal annual win in balloting on the denomination's president, re-electing Atlanta's Charles Stanley. Through presidential appointments, the well-organized right wing intends to take control of seminaries and other agencies away from moderate conservatives. Such a shift would greatly influence U.S. Protestantism...
The conservative movement, despite successes within the S.B.C. and its large numbers and ample cash flow elsewhere, is still fractionalized, contentious, inherently anti-institutional and dependent upon dynamic leaders who come and go. Conservative Protestant agencies often have considerable difficulty planning anything beyond tomorrow's telecast or next month's...
As a result, U.S. Catholicism often seems unfriendly and unfamiliar to Hispanics. Says Xavier Murrieta, a Mexican immigrant in the Protestant Centro de Amor Cristiano in Phoenix: "In small Mexican villages the local priest is a family counselor, the doctor, the lawyer. That ingredient is missing here." Roberto Martinez, who...
Another explanation for Protestant gains among Hispanics is effort. Spanish- language preachers blanket the radio dial in the Southwest. Researchers in conservative Protestant seminaries analyze evangelistic strategies. Personal contacts are stressed. Says Catholic Archbishop Robert Sanchez of Santa Fe, N. Mex.: "They're out there ringing doorbells and going into...