Author : Deryck Lovegrove
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134485980
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Rise of the Laity in Evangelical Protestantism by : Deryck Lovegrove
Download or read book The Rise of the Laity in Evangelical Protestantism written by Deryck Lovegrove and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive investigation into the involvement of ordinary Christians in Church activities and in anti-clerical dissent, explores a phenomenon stretching from Britain and Germany to the Americas and beyond. It considers how evangelicalism, as an anti-establishmentarian and profoundly individualistic movement, has allowed the traditionally powerless to become enterprising, vocal, and influential in the religious arena and in other areas of politics and culture.