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Next we see the efforts to revitalise and reform Protestantism during the iSth century (Methodism, the Great Awakening in colonial America, pietism in Germany and so on), while the later chapters sketch the blossoming of a more socially engaged Protestant sensibility: engagement with the cause of abolitionism, the social gospel movement, and so forth. A final section offers an overview of the tensions that defined Protestantism during the 20th century: attitudes towards modern science, racial segregation and biblical interpretation.
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A Very Broad Church
A very broad church Jonathan Wright The Protestant Revolution: from Martin Luther to Martin Luther King William G Naphy Ebury, 304pp. £19.99
"Where was your Church before Luther?" This was the question that, in one form or another, many Roman Catholics gl...See the full content of this document
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