A History Of Christianity - Episode 5

A History Of Christianity

Episode 5
Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion

Originally Aired : Thu 3 Dec 2009

Diarmaid MacCulloch traces the growth of an exuberant expression of faith that has spread

across the globe - Evangelical Protestantism.

Today, it is associated with conservative politics, but the whole story is distinctly more

unexpected. It is easily forgotten that the Evangelical explosion has been driven by a

concern for social justice and the claim that one could stand in a direct emotional

relationship with God.

It allowed the Protestant faith to burst its boundaries from its homeland in Europe. In

America, its preachers marketed Christianity with all the flair and swashbuckling enterprise

of American commerce. In Africa, it converted much of the continent by adapting to local

traditions, and now it is expanding into Asia. But is Korean Pentecostalism and its message

of prosperity in the here and now an adaptation too far?

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