After Evangelicalism
The Sixties and the United Church of Canada
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In After Evangelicalism, Kevin Flatt investigates how the United Church of Canada transitioned from its evangelical nineteenth-century roots to an openly theologically and morally liberal denomination by the 1960s.
The book examines institutional, theological, and social factors—including seminary shifts, leadership changes, and reactions to movements like Billy Graham's—that reshaped the church's identity and public perception.
Flatt links these developments to broader patterns of secularization and denominational decline, using archival research and historical narrative to trace the processes involved.
He highlights the lag between elite theological changes and rank-and-file beliefs that contributed to tensions and eventual membership declines.
The study serves as both a case history of Canadian Protestantism and a contribution to debates about religion, modernity, and institutional transformation.
The book examines institutional, theological, and social factors—including seminary shifts, leadership changes, and reactions to movements like Billy Graham's—that reshaped the church's identity and public perception.
Flatt links these developments to broader patterns of secularization and denominational decline, using archival research and historical narrative to trace the processes involved.
He highlights the lag between elite theological changes and rank-and-file beliefs that contributed to tensions and eventual membership declines.
The study serves as both a case history of Canadian Protestantism and a contribution to debates about religion, modernity, and institutional transformation.
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Episode 40: Secularization, Social Order, and World History - A Conversation with Dr. Kevin Flatt
