Evangelize! : a historical survey of the concept /
David B. Barrett.
- Birmingham, AL : New Hope, c1987.
- 92 p. ; 28 cm.
- The AD 2000 Series .
1. Bread, water, and good news-- 2. Origins of the word 'evangelize'-- 3. 'Evangelize' in the Greek New Testament-- 4. Scores of synonyms arise-- 5. 'Evangelize' and the Great Commission-- 6. Early Christian usage, AD 100-1600--7. Later Christian usage, 1600-1870-- 8. The rise and fall of the Watchword, 1870-1914-- 9. 20th-century non-English usage-- 10. 20th-century English biblical usage: The Big Six-- 11. Usages of 'evangelize' from 1914-1935-- 12. A benchmark: The Tambaram survey, 1935-1938-- 13. Usage in the 1940s: The Larger Evangelism-- 14. Usage in the 1950s: Ecumenical theme par excellence-- 15. Secular and religious dictionaries diverge-- 16. Usage in the 1960s: Translation problems intrude-- 17. The 1970s: Getting on the Evangelization bandwagon-- 18. Evangelii nuntiandi: An epochal watershed-- 19. The era of 3-way theological convergence-- 20. The 1980s: 5 massive megatrends-- 21. Summary of historical usages of 'Evangelize'-- 22. Conclusion