Title Fundamentalists in the city : conflict and division in Boston's churches, 1885-1950 / Margaret Lamberts Bendroth

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (x, 250 pages) : illustrations Series Religion in America series Religion in America series (Oxford University Press) Contents Protestant on foot -- PART I: MOBILIZING -- Fight for Boston Common -- Militant Protestants -- Occupying the city -- Stranger's Sabbath Home: Tremont Temple Baptist Church -- PART II: 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 Summary 'Fundamentalists in the City' traces the rise of fundamentalist protestantism in Boston, beginning with the reaction to the perceived threat of Catholic domination of the city in the 1880s, when immigration was at its height. The book emphasises the importance of local events in dividing liberal & conservative protestants Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Fundamentalism -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century Fundamentalism -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century RELIGION -- Christianity -- History. Fundamentalism Evangelischen. Fundamentalisme. SUBJECT Boston (Mass.) -- Church history -- 19th century Boston (Mass.) -- Church history -- 20th century Subject Massachusetts -- Boston Genre/Form Electronic books Church history History Form Electronic book LC no. 2005040555 ISBN 1423761820 9781423761822 0195173902 9780195173901

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