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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 18.

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion, 1181-7445 ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evangelicalism--British Columbia--History--20th century.

Evangelicalism.

Protestant churches--British Columbia--History--20th century.

Protestant churches.

British Columbia--Church history--20th century.

British Columbia.

Physical Description:

xv, 353 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Burkinshaw traces the growth of conservative Protestantism in British Columbia from its clashes with liberal Protestants in the early twentieth century; through the post-World War II years when a bewildering variety of smaller groups, including Baptist and Pentecostal denominations as well as Mennonite, Reformed, and Evangelical Free churches, became important; to the 1970s when the majority of worshipping Protestants belonged to evangelical groups. He examines the factors that made evangelicalism more adaptable to changes in the geographic, ethnic, and social distribution of the province's population, and argues that while the evangelical movement in BC was influenced by American fundamentalism it was not simply an extension of the American campaign. He also examines the impact of evangelicals on provincial politics, most particularly their role in the rise of the Social Credit Party. Burkinshaw provides a wealth of new information on the phenomenon of twentieth-century evangelicalism and challenges us to rethink the nature of religious conservatism.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Table

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Protestantism in British Columbia before 1917

Polarization in Vancouver, 1917

Mainline Conservatives, 1917-1927

The Separatist Solution: Fundamentalist Baptists, 1917-1928

The Supernatural Solution: The Pentecostals, 1917-1928

The Broadening of the Institutional Base, 1928-1941

Period of Transition, 1941-1961: Developments among the Original Conservative Groups

Period of Transition, 1941-1961: Immigrant Groups

The Worshipping Majority in Protestantism, 1961-1981

Components of Growth

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85737-1

9786612857379

0-7735-6529-9