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

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Fundamentalists in the City: Conflict and Division in Boston's Churches, 1885-1950 - Bendroth, Margaret Lamberts, Ms.
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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. ...

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Fundamentalists in the City: Conflict and Division in Boston's Churches, 1885-1950 2005, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195173901

Hardcover