Evangelicals and the End of Christendom

Drawing on a wide range of archival materials and an extensive synthesis of global literatures of secularisation, nationalism and imperialism, this book provides a new religious perspective to the end of empire and a fresh national perspective to the end of Christendom.

Hugh Chilton is a Conjoint Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Arts at the University of Newcastle, Australia, Director of Research and Professional Learning at The Scots College, Sydney, and Vice-President of the Evangelical History Association.

Prologue: Billy Graham, 1959 and 1979; Introduction: The Ruptures of the Sixties 1 Citizenship: Fred Nile, Political Activism and the World's Christian Endeavour Convention, 1962 2 Relevance: Hans Mol, Secularisation and the Religion in Australia Survey, 1966 3 America: Billy Graham, Americanisation and the 1968-1969 Crusades 4 Empire: Marcus Loane, Britishness and the Cook Bicentenary, 1970 5 Renewal: The Jesus People, the Counter-Culture and Kairos, 1973 6 World: Jack Dain, Athol Gill and the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelisation, 1974; Conclusion: Evangelicals and the End of Christendom