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

by Margaret Lamberts Bendroth

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195173902
• ISBN13: 9780195173901
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"