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Book Reviews / Church History and Religious Culture 88 (2008) 65-108 107 C orwin S midt , D onald L uidens , J ames P enning and R oger N emeth , Divided by a Common Heritage: Th e Christian Reformed Church and the Reformed Church in Amer- ica at the Beginning of a New Millennium [Th e Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America 54]. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids 2006, xiv + 216 pp. ISBN 978082803856. US$ 24. In 2007 the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRC) celebrated its ses- quicentennial. Th is American denomination was founded in 1857 by Dutch immi- grants in the Midwest who felt that the Reformed Church in America (RCA), which had been present in the country since 1624, had become too American. Th is develop- ment had challenged the ideal of preserving a pure Calvinist tradition among new waves of immigrants. At regular moments in history the two sister churches considered a merger, but they were always called off. In 2006 another opportunity for this goal arose in preparation of this commemoration. From the outside the prospects for unification seem promising. Th e two denomina- tions
Church History and Religious Culture (formerly Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis) – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2008
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