While cleaning out the highlighted posts in my overstuffed Google Reader, I came across “Two Streams of Evangelicalism in the 21st Century” at The Scriptorium. It reviews the emergence of a post-conservative brand of Evangelicalism that tries to find a middle ground between traditional conservative Evangelicals and liberal mainstream Protestants. Reference is made to Roger Olson’s recent book How to be Evangelical Without Being Conservative, which sounds like a great place to start for someone who wants to know more. Does anyone out there who thinks of himself or herself as a radical or post-conservative Evangelical want to fill us in?

A couple of other links some of you might find interesting:

• “On Sci-Fi and Salvation,” at Mild-Mannered Musings, commenting on an article at Christianity Today. The post notes how some sci-fi movies “re-enchant the universe with genuinely supernatural forces,” and quotes the claim of the author of the CT piece that “Pop-culture fiction, not academic non-fiction, is now the cutting-edge of public discourse on spirituality.”
• Speaking of pop culture, “Conviction by Invitation,” at LDS Philosopher, discusses religious convictions and choosing to believe as exemplified by Ellie, the Jodie Foster character in the movie Contact. Oh, there’s something about Oakeshott and rationality in the post, too.