What a Friend We Have in Jesus: The Evangelical Tradition

Traditions of Christian Spirituality

by Ian Randall

A lively and well informed introduction to a previously neglected area: the distinct spirituality of Evangelical Protestantism.

144 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2005

Reviews

[Tyler Hurst · Rating 3 out of 5]

An odd way of making a case, sort of leads me to Truman’s argument that evangelicalism isn’t actually a real thing.

[Nicholas Abraham · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a helpful survey of evangelicalism, mostly British, from its core elements to its prominent voices.

[Matthew Green · Rating 3 out of 5]

Randall starts well, but it soon degrades into a sort of thematic history book rather than an explanation of evangelical spirituality. There's good material there, but there's just too much extraneous material mixed in with it. It feels like he gets lost in too much knowledge and doesn't know how to divest himself of the unnecessary names and dates.

[Mason Wren · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was very helpful to understand the roots of the evangelical tradition and to learn how over time the tradition veered from those (in my opinion) more healthy roots.

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall a good overview. It definitely focuses more on British evangelicalism, which I know much less about. I wish, however, that it had more from the American side.