" And evangelicalism, from its roots in revivalism and pietism, through its development in the pragmatic, anti-speculative culture of America, to its current existence as a more-or-less amorphous, transdenominational coalition, has historically embodied in its very essence an antipathy to precise and comprehensive doctrinal statements.  "

― Carl R. Trueman , Minority Report: Unpopular Thoughts on Everything from Ancient Christianity to Zen-Calvinism