LEADER 03303nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910790278503321 005 20230801222524.0 010 $a0-8147-5332-9 010 $a0-8147-5333-7 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814753323 035 $a(CKB)2670000000177910 035 $a(EBL)865663 035 $a(OCoLC)793165426 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000657179 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11446782 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000657179 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10656000 035 $a(PQKB)11284611 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001325921 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865663 035 $a(OCoLC)793207529 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19837 035 $a(DE-B1597)547205 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814753323 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865663 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10555030 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000177910 100 $a20111104d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMainline Christianity$b[electronic resource] $ethe past and future of America's majority faith /$fJason S. Lantzer 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (199 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-5331-0 311 $a0-8147-5330-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe genesis of the mainline -- Building the new Jerusalem: the high tide of the seven sisters -- A mighty fortress in decline -- The politics of decline -- In a state of perpetual decline -- Unto the ends of the earth: global Christianity and mainline decline -- The emergence of a new mainline. 330 $aSince the Revolutionary War, Mainline Christianity has been comprised of the Seven Sisters of American Protestantism?the Congregational Church, the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Presbyterian Church, the United Methodist Church, the American Baptist Convention, and the Disciples of Christ.These denominations have been the dominant cultural representatives since the nineteenth century of how and where the majority of American Christians worship. Today, however, the Seven Sisters no longer represent most American Christians. The Mainline has been shrinking while evangelical and fundamentalist churches, as well as non denominational congregations and mega churches, have been attracting more and more members.In this comprehensive and accessible book, Jason S. Lantzer chronicles the rise and fall of the Seven Sisters, documenting the ways in which they stopped shaping American culture and began to be shaped by it. After reviewing and critiquing the standard decline narrative of the Mainline he argues for a reconceptualization of the Mainline for the twenty-first century, a new grouping of Seven Sisters that seeks to recognize the vibrancy of American Christianity. 606 $aRELIGION / General$2bisacsh 607 $aUnited States$xChurch history 615 7$aRELIGION / General. 676 $a277.3 700 $aLantzer$b Jason S$01519790 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790278503321 996 $aMainline Christianity$93758071 997 $aUNINA