Pilgrims in lotus land : conservative protestantism in British Columbia, 1917-1981 / Robert K. Burkinshaw.

By:

Burkinshaw, Robert K. (Robert Kenneth), 1954-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 18.Publication details: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1995.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 353 pages) : mapContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780773565296
0773565299
1282857371
9781282857377
9786612857379
6612857374

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pilgrims in lotus land.DDC classification:

280/.4/097110904 20

LOC classification:

BR575.B8 B87 1995eb

Online resources:

Click here to access online

Contents:

Map: Regions and Selected Urban Centres of British Columbia -- 1. Protestantism in British Columbia before 1917 -- 2. Polarization in Vancouver, 1917 -- 3. Mainline Conservatives, 1917-1927 -- 4. The Separatist Solution: Fundamentalist Baptists, 1917-1928 -- 5. The Supernatural Solution: The Pentecostals, 1917-1928 -- 6. The Broadening of the Institutional Base, 1928-1941 -- 7. Period of Transition, 1941-1961: Developments among the Original Conservative Groups -- 8. Period of Transition, 1941-1961: Immigrant Groups -- 9. The Worshipping Majority in Protestantism, 1961-1981 -- 10. Components of Growth.

Summary: Pilgrims in Lotus Land explores the remarkable growth of evangelicalism in an intensely secular province during the twentieth century. Robert Burkinshaw explains why evangelicalism held such appeal, paying particular attention to the distinctive characteristics of both BC society and the evangelical constituency that contributed to this anomalous trend.

Item type:

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Electronic-Books	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	E-Books EBSCO			Available

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-343) and index.

Print version record.

English.

Pilgrims in Lotus Land explores the remarkable growth of evangelicalism in an intensely secular province during the twentieth century. Robert Burkinshaw explains why evangelicalism held such appeal, paying particular attention to the distinctive characteristics of both BC society and the evangelical constituency that contributed to this anomalous trend.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.