American denominational history :  perspectives on the past, prospects for the future /  [print] 
edited by Keith Harper. 
 - Tuscaloosa [Ala. :  University of Alabama Press,  (c)2008. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 222 pages). 
 - Religion and American culture .
 - Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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 /  Amy Koehlinger --  Margaret Bendroth --  Sean Michael Lucas --  Keith Harper --  Jennifer L. Woodruff Tait --  Paul Harvey --  David J. Whittaker --  Randall J. Stephens --  Barry Hankins. 
<br/><br/> This work brings various important topics and groups in American religious history the rigor of scholarly assessment of the current literature. The fruitful questions that are posed by the positions and experiences of the various groups are carefully examined. American Denominational History points the way for the next decade of scholarly effort. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780817381080 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sects--History.--United States<br/>Christianity--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR516.H294.A447 2008