The Emergence of Protestantism | A History Of Christianity

Duration: 25'04''

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This clip explores the rise of Christianity, specifically Protestantism in the mid 19th century in America with the rise of capitalism and abolition of slavery and in Africa in the 19th and 20th century and in South Korea in the 20th century.

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