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The Protestant Experience in America
Amanda Porterfield
ISBN: 0-313-32801-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32801-5
296 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 8/30/2006
List Price: $55.00 (UK Sterling Price: £37.95)
Discount Price: $27.50 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Protestants have been the dominant religious group since the colonial period, and they remain a vibrant and influential cultural force in the United States. But the term Protestant encompasses people with a vast range of beliefs, backgrounds, politics, and experiences, and this books provides an accessible introduction to this complex situation. The Protestant Experience in America lays out the history of Protestants in America, the core beliefs and common practices that they mostly share, the major events and controversies, and long-term trends for the future of Protestants in the United States.

Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Philip Goff
    Introduction: Praotestanism as a Political concept
    A Holy Commonwealth
    Evangelicalism and the Pursuit of Evidence
    Romantic Responses to Modernity and Religious Loss
    Religious Expectations for Science
    Equality and the End of Parotestanism
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: Amanda Porterfield is the Robert A. Spivey Professor of Religion at Florida State University. She has written books on New England Puritans, Protestant women missionaries in the 19th century, and the transformation of American religion after 1960.
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