American Congregations, Volume 2
Subtitle: New Perspectives in the Study of Congregations (American Congregations)
Contributors: James P. Wind (Editor); James W. Lewis (Editor)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: January 15, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780226901886
Subjects: Christian communities & monasticism; Cultural studies; Religion: general; Religious communities & monasticism; Social, group or collective psychology; History Of Religion (General); Sociology Of Religion; Religion - Church History; Religion; USA; Christianity - History - Protestant; Leadership; Religion / Leadership; Church work; Religious institutions; United States
First sentence: EARLY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, when an American named James Finley had a conversion experience, his first impulse was to seek "Christian society."