When Streams Diverge: John Murdoch MacInnis and the Origins of Protestant Fundamentalism in Los Angeles (Studies in Evangelical History and Thought)

Draney, Daniel W.

ISBN 10: 1606080156 / ISBN 13: 9781606080153

Published by Wipf and Stock, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: When Streams Diverge: John Murdoch MacInnis and the Origins of Protestant Fundamentalism in Los Angeles (Studies in Evangelical History and Thought)
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1606080156
• ISBN 13: 9781606080153
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Scholars continue to study the origins of fundamentalist religion in the twentieth-century. The importance of this study is evident to all who would seek to understand the complex political and religious currents influencing the modern world. This study focuses on the Emergence of Protestant fundamentalism in Los Angeles, beginning with late nineteenth-century trends towards religious radicalism and culminating in the splitting of radical and moderate fundamentalist groups an the Bible Institute of Los Angeles in the late 1920s. Highlighted in this study are the complex tensions between mainline Protestants and an emerging sectarian trend among those who would become militant fundamentalist, which continues to shape Protestant religion today.

About the Author

Daniel W. Draney is an adjunct instructor in the field of American Religious History at Fuller Seminary, where he received his PhD in 1996. He specializes in the study of modern radical religious movements.