Fundamentalists in the City: Conflict and Division in Boston's Churches, 1885-1950

Fundamentalists in the City: Conflict and Division in Boston's Churches, 1885-1950
ISBN-10
0198038771
ISBN-13
9780198038771
Category
Religion
Pages
260
Language
English
Published
2005-07-14
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Margaret Lamberts Bendroth

Description

Fundamentalists in the City is a story of religious controversy and division, set within turn of the century and early twentieth-century Boston. It offers a new perspective on the rise of fundamentalism, emphasizing the role of local events, both sacred and secular, in deepening the divide between liberal and conservative Protestants. The first part of the narrative, beginning with the arrest of three clergymen for preaching on the Boston Common in 1885, shows the importance of anti-Catholicism as a catalyst for change. The second part of the book deals with separation, told through the events of three city-wide revivals, each demonstrating a stage of conservative Protestant detachment from their urban origins.

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