Prophesies of godlessness
Subtitle: predictions of America's imminent secularization, from the Puritans to the present day
By: edited by Charles Mathewes and Christopher McKnight Nichols.
Contributors: Mathewes, Charles T., 1969-; Nichols, Christopher McKnight.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780195342536; 9780195342543
Subjects: Secularization -- United States; United States -- Religion; United States -- Forecasting
Description: Exploring the surprisingly similar expectations of religious and moral change voiced by major American thinkers, from the time of the Puritans to modern times, this book shows that there have been and continue to be patterns to these prophesies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Wilson N. Brissett -- The; title: Wilson N. Brissett -- The -- Johann N. Neem -- The; title: Wilson N. Brissett -- The -- Johann N. Neem -- The -- Matthew Mutter -- The; title: Wilson N. Brissett -- The -- Johann N. Neem -- The -- Matthew Mutter -- The -- Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh; title: Wilson N. Brissett -- The -- Johann N. Neem -- The -- Matthew Mutter -- The -- Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh -- Andrew Witmer -- The; title: Wilson N. Brissett -- The -- Johann N. Neem -- The -- Matthew Mutter -- The -- Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh -- Andrew Witmer -- The -- Christopher McKnight Nichols; title: Wilson N. Brissett -- The -- Johann N. Neem -- The -- Matthew Mutter -- The -- Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh -- Andrew Witmer -- The -- Christopher McKnight Nichols -- Kevin M. Schultz -- The; title: Wilson N. Brissett -- The -- Johann N. Neem -- The -- Matthew Mutter -- The -- Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh -- Andrew Witmer -- The -- Christopher McKnight Nichols -- Kevin M. Schultz -- The -- David Ciepley -- The; title: Wilson N. Brissett -- The -- Johann N. Neem -- The -- Matthew Mutter -- The -- Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh -- Andrew Witmer -- The -- Christopher McKnight Nichols -- Kevin M. Schultz -- The -- David Ciepley -- The -- Slavica Jakelić -- The; title: Wilson N. Brissett -- The -- Johann N. Neem -- The -- Matthew Mutter -- The -- Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh -- Andrew Witmer -- The -- Christopher McKnight Nichols -- Kevin M. Schultz -- The -- David Ciepley -- The -- Slavica Jakelić -- The -- Joseph E. Davis and David Franz; title: Wilson N. Brissett -- The -- Johann N. Neem -- The -- Matthew Mutter -- The -- Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh -- Andrew Witmer -- The -- Christopher McKnight Nichols -- Kevin M. Schultz -- The -- David Ciepley -- The -- Slavica Jakelić -- The -- Joseph E. Davis and David Franz -- Joshua J. Yates -- Conclusion:; title: Wilson N. Brissett-- The-- Johann N. Neem-- The-- Matthew Mutter-- The-- Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh-- Andrew Witmer-- The-- Christopher McKnight Nichols-- Kevin M. Schultz-- The-- David Ciepley-- The-- Slavica Jakelić-- The-- Joseph E. Davis and David Franz-- Joshua J. Yates-- Conclusion:-- Christopher McKnight Nichols and Charles Mathewes.