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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967990003321

Autore

Noll Mark A. <1946->

Titolo

The work we have to do : protestants in America / / Mark A. Noll ; Jon Butler & Harry S. Stout, general editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2002]

©2002

ISBN

0-19-988253-3

0-19-774198-3

1-283-09794-X

9786613097941

0-19-977043-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

280/.4/0973

Soggetti

Protestant churches - United States - History

Protestant churches - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published as Protestants in America. c2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE: Who are the Protestants?; CHAPTER TWO: Where Do Protestants Come From?; CHAPTER THREE: Protestants in Colonil America, 1607-1789; CHAPTER FOUR: Protestants in Charge, 1790-1865; CHAPTER FIVE: Times of Trial and Renewal, 1866-1918; CHAPTER SIX: Protestants in Modern America; CHAPTER SEVEN: Epilogue; APPENDIX: Protestant Denominations; CHRONOLOGY; FURTHER READING; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

A readable, far-reaching history of a multi-denominational, multi-regional, and multi-ethnic religious group, Protestants in America explores the physical and ideological roots of the denomination up to the present day, and traces the origins of American Protestants all the way back to the first English colony at Jamestown. The book covers their involvement in critical issues from temperance to the civil rights movement, the establishment of Protestant organizations like the American Bible Society and the Salvation Army, and the significant expansion of their ethnic base since the first Africa