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d. Rehabilitated the possibility to discuss evangelical faith in the academic setting

e. Extraordinary impact for evangelicals, even carrying over till today

f. Banished all natural theology: an overreach?

6. Barmen Declaration (1934): Jesus Christ is Lord

7. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: b. 1906-1945, The Cost of Discipleship , stood heroically against Hitler on the basis of the lordship of Christ (enthusiastically embraced the Confessing Church and the Barmen Declaration).

D. Emergence of the modern Protestant evangelical missionary movement worldwide

1. Pioneers: William Carey (India) and J. Hudson Taylor (China)

2. The Great Awakenings and their evangelical impact on society and the Church (e.g., the “Ivy League” Schools, Jonathan Edwards)

3. Evangelical impacters: D. L. Moody, Billy Sunday, and Billy Graham

4. The modern evangelical movement: the religious equivalent of Tom Brokaw’s The Greatest Generation