Evangelicalism and fundamentalism in the United Kingdom during the twentieth century
Historians have sometimes argued, and popular discourse certainly assumes, that evangelicalism and fundamentalism are identical. In the twenty-first century, when Islamic fundamentalism is at the centre of the world's attention, whether or not evangelicalism should be seen as the Christian vers...
| Altri autori: | ; |
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| Tipo di documento: | Stampa Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Pubblicazione: |
Oxford
Oxford University Press
2013
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| In: | Anno: 2013 |
| Recensioni: | Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism in the United Kingdom during the Twentieth Century. Edited by David Bebbington and David Ceri Jones (2014) (Gould, Graham)
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| Volumi / Articoli: | Mostra i volumi/ gli articoli. |
| Edizione: | 1. ed. |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Großbritannien
/ Movimento evangelicale
/ Integralismo <motivo>
/ Storia 1900-2000
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| Altre parole chiave: | B
Fundamentalism (Great Britain)
History 20th century
B Raccolta di saggi B Evangelicalism (Great Britain) History 20th century |
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| Edizione parallela: | Elettronico
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| Riepilogo: | Historians have sometimes argued, and popular discourse certainly assumes, that evangelicalism and fundamentalism are identical. In the twenty-first century, when Islamic fundamentalism is at the centre of the world's attention, whether or not evangelicalism should be seen as the Christian version of fundamentalism is an important matter for public understanding. The essays that make up this book analyse this central question. Drawing on empirical evidence from many parts of the United Kingdom and from across the course of the twentieth century, the essays show that fundamentalism certainly existed in Britain, that evangelicals did sometimes show tendencies in a fundamentalist direction, but that evangelicalism in Britain cannot simply be equated with fundamentalism. The evangelical movement within Protestantism that arose in the wake of the eighteenth-century revival exerted an immense influence on British society over the two subsequent centuries |
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| Descrizione del documento: | 'Includes bibliography and index |
| Descrizione fisica: | XIII, 409 S. |
| ISBN: | 0199664838 |
