Holding on to the faith: confessional traditions in American Christianity
Introduction Confessional traditions in America Charles Hambrick-Stowe -- "Passing through many a hard school and test": confessions, piety, liberty and the Lutheran experience in the United States Susan Wilds McArver -- Contesting the faith: the internal struggle of American Lutheranism M...
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. [u.a.]
University Press of America
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Sweeney, Douglas A., Holding on to the Faith: Confessional Traditions in American Christianity] (2012) (McClymond, Michael James, 1958 -)
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/ Confessionality
/ Religious identity
/ Religious pluralism
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United States
Church history
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| Summary: | Introduction Confessional traditions in America Charles Hambrick-Stowe -- "Passing through many a hard school and test": confessions, piety, liberty and the Lutheran experience in the United States Susan Wilds McArver -- Contesting the faith: the internal struggle of American Lutheranism Mary Todd -- Presbyterian confessional identity and its dilemmas James H. Moorhead -- Eternally true, variably useful: how confessions worked in some American Reformed churches James D. Bratt -- After establishment, what? The paradox of the history of the Episcopal Church in America Robert Bruce Mullin -- Who's got the Spirit in the Episcopal Church? A case study of the "Connecticut Six" Kathryn Greene-McCreight -- Mennonites and democracy: shaped by war and rumors of war James C. Juhnke -- Rome in America: transnational allegiances and adjustments Peter R. D'Agostino -- Tammany Catholicism: the semi-established church in the immigrant city Christopher Shannon -- Eastern Orthodox Christian Church in North America: continuity and change in the twenty-first century Frances Kostarelos -- Conclusion Holding on to the faith? The complexity of American confessionalism Douglas A. Sweeney |
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| Item Description: | Essays originated "in a conference on confessional traditions in American religious history sponsored by the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals (ISAE) at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, in September, 2005"--P. [vii]. - Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 0761841326 |