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Author : Samuel McCrea Cavert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015026071863
Author : D. G. Hart
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461644675
In The Lost Soul of American Protestantism, D. G. Hart examines the historical origins of the idea that faith must be socially useful in order to be valuable. Through specific episodes in Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Reformed history, Hart presents a neglected form of Protestantism—confessionalism—as an alternative to prevailing religious theory. He explains that, unlike evangelical and mainline Protestants who emphasize faith's role in solving social and personal problems, confessional Protestants locate Christianity's significance in the creeds, ministry, and rituals of the church. Although critics have accused confessionalism of encouraging social apathy, Hart deftly argues that this form of Protestantism has much to contribute to current discussions on the role of religion in American public life, since confessionalism refuses to confuse the well-being of the nation with that of the church. The history of confessional Protestantism suggests that contrary to the legacy of revivalism, faith may be most vital and influential when less directly relevant to everyday problems, whether personal or social. Clear and engaging, D. G. Hart's groundbreaking study is essential reading for everyone exploring the intersection of religion and daily life.
Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1987-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780313387616
The second in a two-volume bibliography on church-state relations in U.S. history, this book contains eleven critical essays and accompanying bibliographical listings on periods or topics from the Civil War to the present day. Each essay reviews the available relevant literature, and the listings emphasize critical studies and documents published in the last quarter-century. This reference work will enable the reader to grasp the historiographic issues, become acquainted with the resources available, and move on to interpret current as well as past issues more knowledgebly and effectively.
Author : Timothy L. Hall
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438108063
Profiles the lives and achievements of more than 270 spiritual leaders, arranged alphabetically, who made major contributions to the history of American religious life.
Author : Robert T. Handy
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400862368
In the middle of the nineteenth century, a stable relationship between American religious organizations and the state was taken for granted. Concord prevailed between the Christian (and largely Protestant) "establishment" on one side and governmental bodies on the other. Here a preeminent scholar of American religious history shows what happened when that settled relationship was tested and challenged. The decades from 1880 to 1920 were marked by an unprecedented influx of immigrants (many of whom were Catholics and Jews), increasing conflicts between public and private school systems, excitement over imperialism, the growth of progressivism in politics, the rise of the social gospel, and the impact of World War I. Providing an overview of how these developments affected church-state relationships, Robert Handy's work is fascinating as a view of this period and as a clue to the tensions in American church-state relations today. Handy shows that the movement from a Protestant America to an explicit pluralism was well under way during these years, even though this change was not clearly recognized at the time it was occurring. Both governmental and religious institutions were transformed, and the difficult process of sorting out ways to relate them has been going on ever since. This book will be an invaluable aid in that task, for students of church-state relations and for a broader readership concerned with American culture in general. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : William R. Hutchison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1990-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0521406013
During the first six decades of this century, the so-called mainline Protestant denominations in America were compelled to accommodate to the growing influences of diverse religions and growing secularization. In this book, twelve historians examine the nature of the American Protestant establishment and its response to the growing pluralism of the times. The goals of the establishment are first examined from the inside, as they were voiced from the pulpit, expressed in education and through the media, and applied in ecumenical and social-reforming ventures. The establishment is then viewed through the eyes of outsiders - Jews and Catholics - and those at the periphery of the establishment's core - and women. The authors conclude that the period surveyed forms a distinct epoch in the evolution of American Protestantism. The days when Protestant cultural authority could be taken for granted were certainly over, but a new era in which religious pluralism would be widely accepted had not yet arrived.
Author : Milton J. Coalter,John M. Mulder,Louis Weeks
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 066425196X
This volume considers three issues in the Presbyterian Church that have proved to be perplexing to the witness of faith: outreach, ecumenism, and pluralism. The first four essays illustrate that troubling questions about the church's witness arose in this century and divided Presbyterian opinion in the midst of American social problems. Thus, verbal and physical outreach became competing priorities. The final five essays examine racial/ethnic Presbyterian experiences. Examples of the interlocking and sometimes interfering interplay of outreach, ecumenism, and pluralism in the quest for distinctive Presbyterian discipleship are discussed. Through its examination of American Presbyterianism, thePresbyterian Presenceseries illuminates patterns of change in mainstream Protestantism and American religious and cultural life in the twentieth century.
Author : Charles H. Lippy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317462743
This acclaimed work surveys the varied course of religious life in modern America. Beginning with the close of the Victorian Age, it moves through the shifting power of Protestantism and American Catholicism and into the intense period of immigration and pluralism that has characterized our nation's religious experience.
Author : Harold C. Fey
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606089101
Volume 2 (1948-1968) first appeared in 1970. It covers the history of the World Council of Churches from its first assembly at Amsterdam to its fourth assembly at Uppsala, Sweden; analyzes the development of regional ecumenical organizations; and recounts the impact of the Second Vatican Council on the ecumenical witness of the Roman Catholic Church.
Author : David Hein,Gardiner H. Shattuck
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780898697834
The story of Episcopalians in America is the story of an influential denomination that has furnished a large share of the American political and cultural leadership. Beginning with the Episcopal Church's roots in sixteenth-century England, The Episcopalians offers a fresh account of its rise to prominence. Chronologically arranged, it traces the establishment of colonial Anglicanism in the New World through the birth of the Episcopal Church after the Revolution and its rise throughout the nineteenth century, ending with the complex array of forces that helped shape it in the 20th century and the consecration of Gene Robinson in 2003. The authors focus not only on the established leadership of the church but also to the experience of lay people, the form and function of sacred space, the evolution of church parties and theology, relations with other Christian communities, and the evolving ministries of women and minorities.
Author : Kathleen Flake
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Law
ISBN : 0807855014
Between 1901 and 1907, a coalition of Protestant churches sought to expel newly elected Reed Smoot from the Senate for being a Mormon. Here, Kathleen Flake shows how the subsequent investigative hearing ultimately mediated a compromise between Progressive Era Protestantism and Mormonism and resolved the nation's long-standing "Mormon Problem."
Author : W. Kent Gilbert
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015028534991
Author : John F. Piper
Publisher : Geneva Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 066450132X
This is a thorough yet easy-to-read biography of one of the major figures in Presbyterian and ecumenical church history. During the course of his forty-six-year career as Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Robert Speer shaped church policy, increased Presbyterian funding of world missions, and influenced many church leaders, including John D. Rockefeller Jr., Henry Sloane Coffin, and John Mackay. Pastors, laity, professors, and students interested in the history of mission work and ecumenical relations will be interested in the life and accomplishments of this influential Presbyterian.
Author : Horton Davies
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780915138555
Author : John Corrigan,Winthrop Hudson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317344605
This comprehensive narrative account of religion in America from 1607 through the present depicts the religious life of the American people within the context of American society. It addresses topics ranging from the European/Puritan origins of American religious thought, the ramifications of the "Great Awakening", the effect of nationhood on religious practice, and the shifting religious configuration of the late 20th century.