The Organizational Revolution: Presbyterians and American Denominationalism

by Milton J. Coalter (Editor), John M. Mulder (Editor), Louis B. Weeks (Editor)

Overview

This book addresses the organizational character of American religious history and points to a tentative but significant conclusion: The Presbyterian Church has been undergoing an organizational revolution, and the roots of this revolution seem to have preceded the dramatic membership decline that began in the mid-1960s.

Through its examination of American Presbyterianism, the Presbyterian Presence series illuminates patterns of change in mainstream Protestantism and American religious and cultural life in the twentieth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664251970
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	06/01/1992
Series:	The Presbyterian Presence
Pages:	391
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Milton J. Coalter is Library Directorand William B. and Mildred L. Nivison Professor at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virgina. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

John M. Mulder was formerly President and Professor of Historical Theology at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the author of several books on Presbyterian history.

Louis B. Weeks is President Emeritus of Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, and is the author or editor of twelve books on Presbyterianism and mainstream Protestantism.