Part I. Haunting Questions and One-Sided Answers
Get Started Chapter Summaries Chapter 1: Five Haunting Questions Often we only ask our most important questions when we are alone: Am I right? Am I making this up? I…
Part II. Lost in the Middle?
Get Started Chapter Summaries Chapter 3: Neglected Moderates As moderates we may feel as if we are cast in the role of cultural and religious moderators, constantly striving to balance…
Part III: A Cultural Divide in American Christianity
Get Started Chapter Summaries Chapter 6: The Liberal-Conservative Split in Politics It is difficult to imagine, when watching political television shows with screaming pundits, that at bottom most of us…
Part IV. We’re Different, and that’s OK – except when it’s not
Get Started Chapter Summaries Basic Sociological Principles With all of the different denominations and styles of worship it is easy to forget that most of us need the same basic…
Part V. Reclaiming a Noble Heritage
Get Started Chapter Summaries Chapter 12: Early History Liberalism and Evangelicalism both have long traditions of development. When we concentrate on these movements only in their contemporary embodiments, we miss…
When Narrative Identities Clash: Liberals versus Evangelicals
By Wesley Wildman, "Culture Wars, Seminary Styles, Congregational Politics." If there is one thing North American Christians at the beginning of the twenty-first century think they understand, it is the…
Chapter 00: User’s Guide
Introduction Though we sometimes feel lost, we know that we are not alone. We are glad you have decided to read and wrestle with Lost in the Middle? We trust…
Chapter 01: Five Haunting Questions
Get Started Chapter Summary Often we only ask our most important questions when we are alone: Am I right? Am I making this up? I don't seem to fit in…
Chapter 02: Behind the Questions: Five Genuine Disagreements
Get Started Chapter Summary Moderates aren't cowards, but we do cherish community. For many of us this means that we have stifled our questions about faith because we have feared…
Chapter 03: Neglected Moderates
Get Started Chapter Summary As moderates we may feel as if we are cast in the role of cultural and religious moderators, constantly striving to balance and assuage the voices…