Technological Advances in Correlation with the Teachings of Evangelicalism

Technological Advances in Correlation With The Teachings of Evangelicalism

There are an abundance of factors that best explain the changes in evangelicalism between the periods 1920-1960 and 1960-2000. One of the most prominent of these factors is the continuous change and development of technological advances in the twentieth century. Evangelicals utilized forms of industrial communication such as radio, television, motion pictures, and contemporary music to promote and spread the word of Christianity. With the success of creative outlets for religious teachings, evangelicals and evangelical Protestants adapted to American social, political, economic, and cultural life that was rapidly transforming across the nation and would continue to transform well into the twenty-first century.

In order to understand how technological advances impacted the spread of evangelicalism one must revert back to the origins of the Bible as the first outlet for promoting religious teaching. During the nineteenth-century, Americans citizens and politicians viewed the Bible not only as a symbol of moral authority and common decency, but also regarded the book as an icon for the United States' political and cultural supremacy.(27). American leaders advocated the importance of Bible reading and prayer in public schools and in the middle decades of the nineteenth it became state law that Bible reading was required as way of promoting religion and ethical attitudes. (28). The Bible served as a basis for American culture and most of the nation agreed with the notion that the country couldn't maintain the integrity that was crucial for a democratic government if religion wasn't a part of its core values. (28). American evangelicals viewed the Bible as divi...

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...se who believe that God has intervened thoughout human civilization.

The presence of evangelicalism in American politics and culture is still actively present. Although the term "desirable" is misleading when dealing with politics. Some politicians claim to have strong ties with religious practices, yet only do so because a large portion of the United States was raised upon the evangelical teachings and a proclamation of religious values would win a considerable amount of votes in election. Evangelicalism is both desirable and undesirable within culture because of the diversity among society. There are still individuals in the United States today that spread evangelicalism on a world wide scale. However, there is a large majority of the population that is progressively turning away from religious teaching and focusing more on the self rather than a divine being.