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

Name: Fundamentalists in the City Conflict and Division in Boston's Churches, 1885-1950
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ISBN: 9780195173901

ISBN-10: 0195173902

ISBN-13: 9780195173901

Edition: 2005

Authors: Margaret Lamberts Bendroth

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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. 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…

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List price: $130.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/14/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 260
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.18" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English




Introduction



A Protestant on Foot



Mobilizing



The Fight for Boston Common



Militant Protestants



Occupying the City



The Stranger's Sabbath Home: Tremont Temple Baptist Church



Separating



Civic Revivalism: J. Wilbur Chapman's Boston Crusade, 1909



Vaudeville Revivalism: Billy Sunday, 1916-1917



Brimstone Corner: Park Street Church



Conclusion: Billy Graham in Boston, 1950


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index