Christian thought in America
Subtitle: a brief history
By: Hannah Schell and Daniel Ott
Contributors: Ott, Daniel J., author
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781451487732; 9781506400334
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Evangelicalism; Church history; Christianity and culture; History; Christianity and politics; 11.60 Christian doctrine: general; Christianity
Description: This book offers a short, accessible overview of the history of Christian thought in America, from the Puritans and other colonials to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Each chapter concludes with a short bibliography of recent scholarship for further reading.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-299) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction --; title: "Errand in the wilderness" : colonists in the New World --; title: Religious and political awakenings : the Revolution --; title: Religious thought in the New Republic, something new, something old : revival and restoration --; title: New paths in the nineteenth century --; title: Times of turmoil : the Civil War --; title: Spreading the Word : Victorian evangelicalism and the varieties of Protestantism --; title: Progressivism and its discontents --; title: The courage to be and the courage to act : twentieth century developments --; title: Stretching the Christian story : into the twenty-first century.