ABSTRACT
There are many aspects of reformed Christianity which could usefully have found a place in this study, but I have been guided by a desire to present a coherent sociological explanation of three complex and interrelated features of Protestantism in the modern world: its fragmentation and the part this played in the advent of religious pluralism and tolerance; the rise and decline of liberal Protestantism; and the more recent relative success of conservative varieties of reformed Christianity. This final chapter will use the example of religious revivals to bring together a number of the central themes, and to present a concluding sketch of the career of Protestantism in the modern world.
