Lee (history of Christianity and Asian church studies, Texas Christian U.) traces the rise of evangelical Christianity in Korea. The stages of his narrative are breakthrough for a new moral order 1885-1919; conflict, introversion, and a tradition of Korean revivalists 1920-53; evangelicalism takes off in South Korea 1953-88; and the intensely practical and devotional character of Korean evangelicalism. An epilogue describes the beleaguered success of Korean evangelicalism in the 1990s. The study began as his doctoral dissertation at the University of Chicago at an undisclosed date. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)