An overview of the history of evangelicalism as a global movement, from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present.

Preface; 1. Understanding evangelicalism; 2. 'The surprising work of God': origins to 1790s; 3. Volunteering for the kingdom: 1790s to 1840s; 4. The kingdom enlarged and contested: 1840s to 1870s; 5. A new global spiritual unity: 1870s to 1914; 6. Fighting wars and engaging modernity: 1900s to 1945; 7. Towards global trans-denominationalism: 1945 to 1970s; 8. 'The actual arithmetic': a survey of contemporary global evangelicalism; 9. Localism and transnationality: 1970s to 2010; 10. Conclusion.

Mark Hutchinson is University Historian at the University of Western Sydney. He has also served as founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Australian Christianity (1991-1999) and as Reader in History and Society at Alphacrucis College. His research has been published in the Journal of Religious History, Church History, the History of Education Review and the Australian Journal of Politics and History.