Atlas of American Religion The Denominational Era, 1776-1990

by Newman, William M.; Halvorson, Peter L.

• ISBN13: 9780742503458
• ISBN10: 0742503453
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-22
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

From independence to the present, the Atlas charts the evolution of the 39 major religious denominations and sects in the U.S. -- from Methodists to Congregationalists, Mormons to Jews, Church of God to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	7	(3)
List of Maps	10	(3)
About the Authors	13	(1)
Acknowledgments	14	(1)
Preface	15	(2)
Organizing Religions in American History	17	(20)
The Founding Faiths and Organizational Beginnings	17	(8)
Social Change and Religious Diversification	25	(6)
Religious Consolidation in Modern America	31	(6)
Counting the Faithful: Religion and the United States Census	37	(18)
Data Sources on Religion in America	37	(1)
Early Private and Census Enumerations	38	(6)
Later Census Enumerations	44	(3)
The Church Membership Studies	47	(5)
Regional Considerations	52	(3)
The Denominational Matrix	55	(12)
In Search of Types and Processes	55	(2)
Defining Criteria for Denominations and Sects	57	(5)
Toward a Process Model	62	(5)
The Denominations	67	(40)
Introduction	67	(2)
National Denominations	69	(21)
Catholic Church	69	(3)
Southern Baptist Convention	72	(4)
United Methodist Church	76	(3)
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	79	(3)
Episcopal Church	82	(3)
Assemblies of God	85	(3)
Churches of Christ	88	(2)
Multiregional Denominations	90	(17)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	90	(3)
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod	93	(3)
United Church of Christ	96	(3)
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.	99	(3)
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	102	(3)
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	105	(2)
The Sects	107	(61)
Introduction	107	(3)
Classic Sects	110	(20)
Mennonite Church	110	(2)
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	112	(3)
Free Methodist Church of North America	115	(2)
North American Baptist Conference	117	(1)
Morvavian Church in America (Unitas Fratum)	118	(4)
Evangelical Congregational Church	122	(1)
Advent Christian Church	122	(2)
Brethren in Christ Church	124	(2)
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference	126	(4)
Multiregional Sects	130	(21)
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	130	(2)
Reformed Church in America	132	(1)
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	133	(2)
Christian Reformed Church	135	(2)
Church on the Brethren	137	(4)
Unitarian-Universalist Association	141	(2)
Baptist General Conference	143	(2)
Pentecostal Holiness Church, International	145	(2)
Friends	147	(2)
Salvation Army	149	(2)
National Sects	151	(17)
Jewish Population	151	(3)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)	154	(3)
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	157	(2)
Seventh-Day Adventists	159	(2)
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	161	(1)
Church of the Nazarene	162	(2)
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	164	(4)
Epilogue	168	(1)
Bibliography	169	(4)
Author Index	173	(1)
Subject Index	173