For the first time, this handbook provides a comprehensive overview in German of the Christian groups which can be gathered together under the banner of `Evangelicalism' in the broadest sense of the word. After introductory chapters on the concept and current state of research, leading experts explain the history and global expansion of evangelical groups. The doctrine and practice of these Christian denominations are systematically represented, and light is shed on both social forms and relations with social spheres of influence (e.g. finance, politics and science).
