Is Emergent Another Name for Evangelical?

If this guy’s an evangelical, then maybe I am too
http://rachelheldevans.com/roger-olson-evangelical

Rachel Held Evans
April 14, 2011

Roger Olson calls himself a post-conservative evangelical, and in this podcast interview with Homebrewed Christianity, he explains why he hasn’t given up on evangelicalism.

Considering our recent conversation about the future of evangelicalism and my generations’ discomfort with that label, I thought you’d be interested in his remarks. What’s more, Olson touches on just about every topic that’s been keeping me up at night over the past ten years, and does so in a way that makes me think “If this guy’s an evangelical , then maybe I am too.”

Within about an hour, Olson talks about:

• What Calvinists misunderstand about Arminianism
• What many Arminians misunderstand about Arminianism
• The future of evangelicalism
• The advantages and disadvantages of labels
• The missional church
• Neo-fundamentalism
• Open Theism
• Homosexuality
• Atonement (I loved what he said about the meaning of the cross)
• The Gospel
• NT Wright
• Rob Bell
• The unfinished work of theology

Books by Olson include:

• Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities
• How To Be Evangelical Without Being Conservative
• The Story of Christian Theology
• Questions To All Your Answers

Kudos to my friends Tripp Fuller and Bo Sanders for scoring the interview and asking some great questions.

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Want to be an Evangelical Arminian?

Roger Olson will Help

http://homebrewedchristianity.com/2011/04/07/want-to-be-an-evangelical-armiian-roger-olson-will-help-homebrewed-christianity-96/

By Tripp Fuller • Apr 7th, 2011 • Roger Olson Podcast

I am pumped to share my conversation with Roger Olson. This card carrying ‘evangelical Arminian’ joins the podcast to explain common misunderstandings around Arminian theology, the ethical problems of being a Calvinist, the nature and future of evangelicalism, Open theism, the Rob Bell controversy, and the impact of the homosexuality debate in American evangelicalism. It was really a blast to get to talk with Roger and will be looking forward to next time (because I am sure the Deacons will want more!).

  

Olson is a professor of theology at Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University, he blogs, and publishes a bunch of books….including ones for a general audience.

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