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The Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals contains biographies of more than four hundred prominent evangelicals and evangelical forebears. Each of these figures has significantly influenced the evangelical community: to learn about them is better to understand the history and present nature of that community. The volume ranges chronologically from the morning star of the Reformation, John...

Holy Spirit baptism contributed to the more radical religious expectations which gave rise to Pentecostalism. At the same time, progressive elements in his theology and involvement in the temperance, women’s education and anti-slavery movements strengthened the reformist impulse of American evangelicalism, which led to the Social Gospel movement.