Introduction to the history of Christianity in the United States /

This comprehensive and highly accessible overview of Christian history in the United States, from colonial times to the present, is informed by both classical and recent scholarship and is written for the nonspecialist. Four key insights frame the book: Christianity in America is chiefly a story of...

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Author / Creator: Koester, Nancy, 1954- (Author)
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:Revised and expanded edition.
Imprint: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Timeline of Christianity in America
  • Colonial beginnings
  • Awakening, Enlightenment, and revolution
  • Christianity in the new republic
  • Slavery and Civil War
  • Moving people
  • Responses to modernity
  • From the "Great War" to the Cold War
  • Toward a new millennium.