American denominational history: perspectives on the past, prospects for the future

Catholic distinctiveness and the challenge of American denominationalism -- New directions on the congregational way -- Presbyterians in America : denominational history and the quest for identity -- From the margin to the middle to somewhere in between : an overview of American Baptist historiograp...

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Contributors: Harper, Keith 1957- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Tuscaloosa, Ala. University of Alabama Press c 2008
In:Year: 2008
Series/Journal:Religion and American culture
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Church history studies
B USA / Christianity / Community of faith / History
Further subjects:B United States Church history
B Collection of essays
B Sects History United States
B Christianity United States
B Christian Sects (United States) History
B Christianity (United States)
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Summary:Catholic distinctiveness and the challenge of American denominationalism -- New directions on the congregational way -- Presbyterians in America : denominational history and the quest for identity -- From the margin to the middle to somewhere in between : an overview of American Baptist historiography -- "Everything arose just as the occasion offered" : defining Methodist identity through the history of Methodist polity -- Black Protestantism : a historiographical appraisal -- Mormon historiography -- Interpreting American Pentecostal origins : retrospect and prospect -- "We're all evangelicals now" : the existential and backward historiography of twentieth-century evangelicalism
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
ISBN:0817316329