LEADER 04579nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910963669303321 005 20250414225843.0 010 $a9786613253156 010 $a9781283253154 010 $a1283253151 010 $a9780820342832 010 $a0820342831 035 $a(CKB)2550000000052069 035 $a(OCoLC)759160204 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10496067 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000649525 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11940242 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000649525 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10601556 035 $a(PQKB)11552655 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17862 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3039048 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10496067 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039048 035 $a(Perlego)839279 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000052069 100 $a20030731d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Protestant voice in American pluralism /$fMartin E. Marty 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAthens $cUniversity of Georgia Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (97 p.) 225 1 $aGeorge H. Shriver lecture series in religion in American history ;$vno. 2 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a9780820325804 311 08$a0820325805 320 $aIncludes index. 327 $aWhen Protestants ran the show : when homogeneity ruled, 1607 to 1955 -- More rings in the circus : realized pluralism, after 1955 -- Is there still a tent, or are there many tents? : Protestantism gone public, within pluralism. 330 8 $aFor 350 years, Protestantism was the dominant religion in America-and its influence spilled over in many directions into the wider culture. Religious historian Martin E. Marty looks at the factors behind both the long period of Protestant ascendancy in America and the comparatively recent diffusion and diminution of its authority. Marty ranges across time, covering such things as the establishment of the Jamestown settlement in 1607, the 1955 publication of Will Herberg's landmark book Protestant-Catholic-Jew, and the current period of American ethnic and religious pluralism. For centuries, American Protestantism dominated in three main ways, says Marty: in the sheer numbers of its committed practitioners (spread across some two hundred denominations), in the Protestant leanings of nonadherents, and in the influence of the Protestant ethic in activities as diverse as business and art. To discover what is particularly "American" about Protestantism in this country, Marty looks at Protestant creencias, or beliefs, that complement or supplement pure doctrine. These include the notion of God as an agent of America's destiny and the impact of the biblical credos of mission, stewardship, and vocation on innumerable nonreligious matters of daily life. Marty also discusses the vigencias, or binding (though unwritten) customs, of Protestantism. They include the tendencies to interpret matters of faith in market terms and to conflate biblical and enlightenment ideology into "civic faith." Challenges to Protestant hegemony came and went over the centuries, says Marty, but never in such force and to such effect as in the twentieth century. Among other factors contributing to the rise of pluralism and to schisms between mainstreamers and Fundamentalists, Marty lists changes in immigration laws, U.S. Supreme Court decisions on school prayer, the women's movement, and Vatican II. Today, our Protean spirituality is the topic of everything from sermons to bumper stickers. All in all, this is good, reassures Marty, for to debate our spirituality is to sustain the life of a functioning, thinking, believing republic. Those who pine for some golden age of Protestantism are misled by nostalgia or resentment. The real work to be done by Protestants now is to serve, partner, and cooperate where they once managed, controlled, and directed. 410 0$aGeorge H. Shriver lecture series in religion in American history ;$vno. 2. 606 $aProtestantism$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aReligious pluralism$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xChurch history 615 0$aProtestantism$xHistory. 615 0$aReligious pluralism$xHistory. 676 $a280/.4/0973 700 $aMarty$b Martin E.$f1928-2025.$01805593 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963669303321 996 $aThe Protestant voice in American pluralism$94354286 997 $aUNINA