Eerdmans' handbook to Christianity in America

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Edited by Mark A. Noll, Nathan O. Hatch, George M. Marsden, Dávid F. Wells, and John D. Woodbridge
Readers who have responded so enthusiastically to Eerdmans' Handbook to the History of Christianity will welcome this newest addition to the Eerdmans handbook series. The coverage of American Chris-tianity in the earlier volume was necéssariiy rather brief; Eerdmans' Handbook to Christianity in America, which continues the tradition and was written with the same purposes, provides a fuli account of the planting, growth, and development of Christian belief on the American side of the Atlantic.
American Christianity, üke the nation itself, is by nature enigmatic, highly distinctive yet remarkably diverse. The editors of this volume have sought to capture its freshness and vitality, its pragmatism and ideaiism, its traditions and innovations. The book telis the story of individual Christian leaders, the organized church, and popuiar movements. lt is about Christians as believers and... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Edited by Mark A. Noll, Nathan O. Hatch, George M. Marsden, Dávid F. Wells, and John D. Woodbridge
Readers who have responded so enthusiastically to Eerdmans' Handbook to the History of Christianity will welcome this newest addition to the Eerdmans handbook series. The coverage of American Chris-tianity in the earlier volume was necéssariiy rather brief; Eerdmans' Handbook to Christianity in America, which continues the tradition and was written with the same purposes, provides a fuli account of the planting, growth, and development of Christian belief on the American side of the Atlantic.
American Christianity, üke the nation itself, is by nature enigmatic, highly distinctive yet remarkably diverse. The editors of this volume have sought to capture its freshness and vitality, its pragmatism and ideaiism, its traditions and innovations. The book telis the story of individual Christian leaders, the organized church, and popuiar movements. lt is about Christians as believers and Christians as be-havers; it speaks of their faith, their culture, and the nation to which they belonged. It was written, says generál editor Dávid Wells in the preface, "in the conviction that next to the Word of God this history is our richest depository of wisdom as we prepare ourselves for the difficult and uncertain years which lie ahead"
An opening photo essay on The Church's Many Faces sets the tone for the book, which is divided into four main sections: "Qod and the Colonies;Christianity and Democracy: From the Revolution to the Civil War"; "The Era of Crisis: From Christen-dom to Pluralism"; and Christianity in a Secular Age: From the Depression to the Present
The editors' narrative is supplemented by essays on people and movements as well as documents and margin quotations. The sixty-five contributors — including such authorities as Sydney E Ahlstrom, Stanley S. Harakas, William R. Hutchison, Martin E Marty, Thomas J. Schlereth, and Qrant Wacker —
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represent a broad spectrum of academic disci-plines, geographical distribution, and theological perspectives.
Over 350 photographs (many in full color), as well as maps, charts, and tímelines, supplement the texL Clearly organized and highly readable, this handsome reference book offers fascinating and helpful reading for all who want to know more about Christianity in America.
Mark A. Noll is Professor of History, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. Nathan O. Hatch is Director of Graduate Studies, Department of History, üniversity of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana.
George M. Marsden is Professor of History, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Dávid F. Wells is Professor of Theology, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts.
John D. Woodbridge is Professor of Church History and the Histoiy of Christian Thought, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. Vissza