A survey of the religious life of France in the twentieth century /Ronald W. Hoyle.

Hoyle, Ronald W,

A survey of the religious life of France in the twentieth century /Ronald W. Hoyle. A survey of the religious life of France... - first edition. - Columbia, South Carolina : [Unknown], (c)1956. - 69 pages.



I: -- BACKGROUND- PROTESTANTISM FROM 1516 TO 1905 Early fathers of French faith -- A noteworthy power in the 16th Century -- Waning of forces in the 17th Century -- Details of enemy attack -- Process of restoration -- A period of expansion -- Home missionary work -- Protestantism at the end of the 19th Century. II: -- EXAMINATION OF A DISEASED FRANCE France--Intellectually -- France--Educationally -- France--Socially -- France--Morally -- France--Economically -- France--Politically -- France-Spiritually. III: -- THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THIS CENTURY Numerical strength -- Statistics concerning priests -- Resurgence after World War I -- Home mission activity--J.O.C. -- Consciousness of lost ground -- Failure of J.O.C. --; -- The Worker-Priest movement -- Its origin -- Its effectiveness -- Its official discontinuance -- Its unofficial continuance -- Modernizing of manner of worship. IV: -- PROTESTANTISM FROM 1905 TO 1954 Release from state control -- Loss of vitality -- Effects of World War I -- Liberalism smothers any flame -- Statistics for 1919 -- Dispersed protestants -- France and ecumenicity -- Reaction against ecumenicity -- Effects of World War II -- Comparison of figures for 1919 and 1947 -- Statistics of Protestantism in 1947 -- Statistics of Protestantism in 1952 -- Foreign mission activity -- Baptist work since 1950. V: -- PROTESTANT FRANCE IN 1955 Protestant workers of France -- Protestant workers by denomination -- Towns with a Protestant witness -- Details of Protestant work -- Churches in Paris -- Members of the Protestant federation of France -- Seminaries of French Protestantism -- Foreign missionary activity in 1955 -- Paris Evangelical Missionary Society -- Bible mission in the Ivory Coast -- Methodist mission in French West Africa -- Christian action in the East -- Assemblies of God work in France -- Other groups. VI: -- AMERICAN MISSIONARY ACTIVITY IN FRANCE Early trends of American missionary work -- Chart of American mission boards -- National Bible Christian Union -- European evangelistic crusade -- Greater Europe Mission -- The Evangelical Alliance Mission -- Baptist Mid-Missions -- Other groups.




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