THE URBAN PULPIT:
New York City and the fate of liberal
evangelicalism
By Matthew Bowman
Oxford University Press. 307 pages. £48.00
ISBN 978 0 199 977 604
I wouldn’t recommend buying this book unless you are a New Yorker or an American church history buff or both.
The subject of the book is somewhat specialised, but nevertheless it deals with a subject of perennial relevance and interest. The author looks at how Protestant churches in late 19th century and early 20th century New York City became theologically liberal and how evangelicals or fundamentalists reacted to this development.
