Title: The lost soul of American Protestantism /
Authors: Hart, D. G.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Protestant churches United States; Evangelicalism and liturgical churches United States.
Abstract: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Foreword / R. Laurence Moore -- The American way of faith -- Confessional Protestantism -- Defining conservatism down -- The intolerance of Presbyterian creeds -- The sectarianism of Reformed polity -- The irrelevance of Lutheran liturgy -- Conclusion : confessional Protestantism and the making of hyphenated Americans.