ABSTRACT
This chapter examines an apparent form of "traditional" religion — evangelical Christianity — as it manifests signs of the revival discussed by Cox Harvey. The chapter considers the significance of conservative Protestantism, either of the Faith variety or of some other form, as a template for the future of religion, they have often viewed it through the analytic filter of secularization theory. Faith Christians can be seen as providing one example of the way that contemporary forms of conservative Protestantism are, through forms of "internal" globalization, redrawing old boundaries of belief and practice both within the United States and beyond. The chapter suggests that in studying Faith Christianity we are seeing the beginnings of a form of what one might call "virtual evangelicalism", resonating well with likely cultural forms of the new century. The chapter argues that, by conflating religious revival and national identity, Faith leaders both celebrate and relativize such particularistic identity in a world of increasing globalization.
