If I have to identify myself and place myself on the theological map, there is little doubt as to where friends and critics would put me and, indeed, as to my own self-understanding. I was brought up in that area of Christianity known as evangelicalism, and I have seen no compelling reason to shift my ground over the years, although I hope that I have a better understanding of what I believe and why I should believe it than when I first began to take notice of these things. Evangelicalism is that