The churches and the American experience : ideals and institutions / [print]
Thomas A. Askew and Peter W. Spellman.
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Book House, (c)1984.
- 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Part I. The European Legacy -- The Reforming Impulse -- English Reformation and Puritan Beginnings -- Part II. The Formative Years (1607-1783) -- The Protestant Empire Founded -- Awakening -- The Church and Revolution -- Part III. The Nationalization of the American Churches (1784-1860) -- New Churches for a New Society -- The Second Awakening: Eastern and Western -- The Christian Social Vision -- New Departures in American Religious Thought and Practice -- Part IV. Years of Mid passage (1861-1916) -- War and expiration -- Evangelism and Holiness -- The Churches and the New Intellectual Climate -- The Churches and the "Incorporation" of America -- A New American Empire and the "White Man's Burden" -- Part V. The Churches in Modern America (1917-present) -- The Churches in War, Prosperity, and Depression -- Years of War and Uncertainty -- Serving Mankind at Home and Abroad -- The Sixties and the Search for Relevance -- The Black Churches in the Twentieth Century -- Recent Trends and Interpretations.