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Article: Evangelical Protestantism in France: an example of denominational recomposition?
- Article from:
- Sociology of Religion
- Article date:
- December 22, 2005
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Beginning with a historical overview, we call into question the notion that evangelical Protestantism in its French context is solely indicative of religious decline. Further, we will ask: does the study of French evangelicalism suggest that a restructuring of French religion is at work on a denominational basis? And, if so, does such a conclusion invite us to relativize the gap--which has been quite considerable in the past--between both French and American religious cultures?
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