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Baptists, Presbyterians and Congregationalists put their differences aside and organised series of conferences to attract disillusioned Catholics and dissect the ‘errors’ of Catholic doctrine. Faith missionaries and Pentecostal evangelists expanded the north-eastern Evangelical frontier from coastal...

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Published in:The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 2022, Vol.73 (2), p.436-438
Main Author: Feitoza, Pedro
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Catholicism
Clergy
Community
Culture
Missionaries
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Protestantism
Religion
Religious persecution
Reviews
Theology
Violence
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Summary:Baptists, Presbyterians and Congregationalists put their differences aside and organised series of conferences to attract disillusioned Catholics and dissect the ‘errors’ of Catholic doctrine. Faith missionaries and Pentecostal evangelists expanded the north-eastern Evangelical frontier from coastal cities to the interior, deemed as the stronghold of traditional Catholicism. [...]Protestants did not simply claim they were victims of religious violence, but that it was motivated by the supposed ‘fanaticism’ of north-eastern Catholics.
ISSN:0022-0469
1469-7637
DOI:10.1017/S0022046922000173