A PURELY statistical study of the life and growth of Protestantism in the United States during the last hundred years does not support a very widely held conviction that Protestantism is losing its ...

The supposed superiority of white Protestantism, supported by interpretations of biblical texts, was for centuries used to justify the institution of slavery. Biblical texts were also used to justify ...

Dr. David Hollinger, a historian specializing in American intellectual and religious history, will present an endowed lecture at Bridgewater College this evening in Cole Hall. Hollinger’s 7:30 p.m.

The idea that Protestants work harder and build stronger economies than Catholics is more than 100 years old. First proposed by German sociologist Max Weber, the "Protestant work ethic" has been ...

Social History, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Oct., 2001), pp. 267-281 (15 pages) This study offers a systematic historical sociology of the genesis and initial expansion of Protestant Christianity in Korea, ...

The book sheds light on various chapters in the long history of Protestant-Jewish relations, from the Reformation to the present. Going beyond questions of antisemitism and religious animosity, it ...