I'm not "Christian - other", I was told by this websites moderators to place that as my title. In all respects I'm orthodox Catholic and ecumenical. My concern which I've shared here is about Christian identity and continuity, as such from a purely  anthropological/historical/sociological/comparative religion perspective, it makes much more sense to see Evangelicalism as an offshoot of normative Christianity and what I shared on top of that here is my concern, from a scholarly perspective and from a personal perspective for Evangelicals to stop portraying themselves as normative Christianity and stop measuring everything other than themselves as offshoot. I find that insulting.

Who authorized me to determine what "Christian" is? (Not that it really matters to anti-intellectual Evangelicals) I studied religion at university and am an authority on the matter. Obviously, "mans (sic) opinion / America's god opinion" - we all know what nationalist religion you will follow. :P

On another note, why hasn't anyone tried to actually trace Evangelicalism throughout Christian history? Wouldn't that be the way to actually counter what I'm saying as opposed to quoting little proof-texts from the Bible and interpreting them in a contemporary Evangelicalized way without caring about context Wirkungsgeschichte or Church history as if all Christian history has been incorrrect bar 21st century Evangelicalism and parts of 1st century Judaism...Eh?

Allan