The Protestant Experience in America

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Amanda Porterfield

ISBN: 0-313-32801-3

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32801-5

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296 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 8/30/2006

List Price: $55.00 (UK Sterling Price: £37.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: The American Religious Experience

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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