American Christianity : an historical interpretation with representative documents / PR
by H. Shelton Smith, Robert T. Handy [and] Lefferts A. Loetscher.
- New York : Scribner, (c)1960-63.
- 2 volume : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
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volume 1. 1607-1820.--v. 2. 1820-1960. Period I. Traditions in new contexts 1607-1690 -- Churchly traditions -- The Puritan middle way -- Left-wing traditions -- Period II. Changing patterns 1690-1765 -- Puritanism on the defensive -- Tensions of religious pluralism -- The Great Awakening -- The religion of the enlightenment -- Period III. Freedom and renewal 1765-1820 -- Religion in the struggle for freedom -- The religion of the enlightenment comes of age -- New awakening in the seaboard states -- Christian faith on the frontier. Period IV. Reform and reaction 1820-1865 -- Revivalism and benevolence -- Resurgent churchly traditions -- The transcendental pattern of religious liberalism -- The irrepressible question of slavery -- Period V. Conflicting responses to new forces 1865-1930 -- Radical tendencies in religion -- The christocentric liberal tradition -- Variant orthodoxies -- The quickening of social conscience -- Period Virgin Islands Revaluing the heritage 1930-1960 -- The post-liberal theological mind -- Realism in social Christianity -- The ecumenical awakening.