The Last Embers of British Fundamentalism

This article unearths the little-remembered history of British fundamentalist organisations of the Cold War era. These bodies constituted the last embers of an organised movement in Britain: the British Evangelical Council after 1953; the English Consultative Committee and the British Council of Pro...

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Published in:The Journal of ecclesiastical history 2023-04, Vol.74 (2), p.349-369
Main Author: RUOTSILA, MARKKU MIKAEL
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bible
Cold War
Committees
Conservatism
Councils
Evangelicalism
Militancy
Religious congregations
Religious organizations
Testimony
Transnationalism
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Summary:This article unearths the little-remembered history of British fundamentalist organisations of the Cold War era. These bodies constituted the last embers of an organised movement in Britain: the British Evangelical Council after 1953; the English Consultative Committee and the British Council of Protestant Christian Churches from the mid-1950s; the Christian Bible Unity Fellowship in the 1960s; and the British and European Reformation Fellowship in the 1980s. Based on archival and published material, the article argues that these organisations tried to render US-style fundamentalism into a new Anglicised version, but that each failed due to confessional disagreements and personal rivalries.
ISSN:0022-0469
1469-7637
DOI:10.1017/S0022046922000422