New Evangelicalism found its beginnings with the formation of the National Association of Evangelicals in 1942. This new group was mainly led by younger professing fundamentalist scholars and leaders who had become dissatisfied with their heritage and wanted to carve out some evangelical middle ground between fundamentalism and neo-orthodoxy. Promise Unfulfilled: The Failed Strategy of Modern Evangelicalism is an analysis of the break-away movement in terms of the issues, ideas, and practices that led to its beginning, its expansion in the 1970s, its subsequent loss of biblical and doctrinal stability, and its slide toward virtual irrelevancy in a postmodern world culture of the twenty-first century. It will be a valuable addition to the pastor’s library and a strategic resource for theological education in Bible colleges and seminaries.
The twenty-five chapters in this volume are grouped under nine main sections: Historical Antecedents, The Formation of the New Evangelicalism, Ecumenism, Ecclesiastical Separation, The Bible and Authority, Apologetics, Social Involvement, Doctrinal Storms, and Evaluations and Prospects. Easily searchable in the Logos edition, McCune's writings provide a fascinating look at the theological developments of the twentieth century. Scriptures are accessible by hovering over references in the text, and this volume can be pulled up alongside other resources on the subject for ease of study.
