Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism in the United Kingdom during the Twentieth Cen

by David Ceri Jones

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Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism in the United Kingdom during the Twentieth Century by David W. Bebbington, David Ceri Jones Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description A detailed look at the history of Christian fundamentalism in the United Kingdom during the twentieth-century, examining the inter-relation between fundamentalism and evangelical theology. Using detailed empirical evidence the authors challenge generalisations and enable a more nuanced understanding of the roots of fundamentalism today. Publisher Description 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 manyparts 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 afundamentalist direction, but that evangelicalism in Britain cannot simply be equated with evangelical movement within Protestantism that arose in the wake of the eighteenth-century revival exerted an immense influence on British society over the two subseq

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2013
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780199664832
• Condition: Fine

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