Title: From sacred to profane America : the role of religion in American history /
Authors: Clebsch, William A.; American Academy of Religion.
Publisher: Scholars Press ; American Academy of Religion,
Year: 1981
Subjects: United States Church history.; United States Religion.
Contents: 1. The paradox of success and failure -- A matter of approach -- Success and failure -- Six campaigns -- Education -- Pluralism -- Welfare and morality -- Participation -- Novelty -- Nationality -- 2. "Ahead of history" -- Something old, something new -- A new Christianity -- Divine innovating -- Ancient of days -- The city of man -- 3. Equals -- and some more equal -- Congregations and revivals -- Women and children -- Negroes and Indians -- 4. A little learning -- Religion and education in partnership -- Social utility -- Religious education as such -- The parting of partners -- "To cripple or destroy" -- 5. "Let men be good" -- Prudence in the new world -- Revivalist and pioneer ethics -- Toward social regeneration -- "Theological husks" restored -- 6. "This nation, under God" -- Churches, heroes, and theories -- God, war, and nationality -- Nation versus cosmopolis -- 7. A "polypolitan" culture -- Many cities of God -- Many cites of man.