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The Future of Mainline Protestantism in America

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By James Hudnut-Beumler *89

Published March 7, 2018

Though mainline Protestantism has seen a sharp decline in the past 50 years — from half to one-tenth of the population — The Future of Mainline Protestantism in America (Columbia University Press) argues that mainline Protestantism will continue to be an important minority movement in a culture torn between secularism and evangelicalism.

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