American Denominational History: Perspectives on the Past, Prospects for the Future

by Keith Harper (Editor), Barry Hankins (Contribution by), Sean Michael Lucas (Contribution by), Keith Harper (Contribution by), Randall J Stephens (Contribution by)

Overview

Brings various important topics and groups in American religious history the rigor of scholarly assessment of the current literature

Fruitful questions that are posed by the positions and experiences of the various groups are carefully examined. American Denominational History points the way for the next decade of scholarly effort.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780817381080
Publisher:	University of Alabama Press
Publication date:	11/17/2009
Series:	Religion and American Culture
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	776 KB

About the Author

Keith Harper is Professor of Church History, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of The Quality of Mercy: Southern Baptist and Social Christianity, 1890-1920.
 

Table of Contents

Contents Preface 000 Introduction 000 1. Catholic Distinctiveness and the Challenge of American Denominationalism Amy Koehlinger 000 2. New Directions on the Congregational Way Margaret Bendroth 000 3. Presbyterians in America: Denominational History and the Quest for Identity Sean Michael Lucas 000 4. From the Margin to the Middle to Somewhere In Between: An Overview of American Baptist Historiography Keith Harper 000 5. "Everything Arose Just as the Occasion Offered": Defining Methodist Identity through the History of Methodist Polity Jennifer L. Woodruff Tait 000 6. Black Protestantism: A Historiographical Appraisal Paul Harvey 000 7. Mormon Historiography David J. Whittaker 000 8. Interpreting American Pentecostal Origins: Retrospect and Prospect Randall J. Stephens 000 9. "We're All Evangelicals Now": The Existential and Backward Historiography of Twentieth-Century Evangelicalism Barry Hankins 000 Contributors 000

Editorial Reviews

This collection of scholarly essays by church historians focuses on the history of Christian denominations within the United States. Inspired to update William Warren Sweet’s Religion on the American Frontier, published between 1931 and 1946, editor Keith Harper expands Sweet’s original coverage of four denominations (Congregationalists, Presbyterians, Baptists, and Methodists) to include essays on Catholic and Mormon historiography and on Black Protestant, Pentecostal, and Evangelical religious movements. Each essay discusses recent research and publications and has extensive bibliographical notes. This is a good starting point for the study of denominational history.”
—Congregational Libraries Today
 

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