A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada

by Noll, Mark A.

• ISBN13: 9780802806512
• ISBN10: 0802806511
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780802837035, 9780802874900
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-08-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co
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Summary

Author Mark Noll presents the unfolding drama of American Christianity with accuracy and skill, from the first European settlements to ecumenism in the late 20th Century. This work has become a standard in the field of North American religious history.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Tables
Introduction	p. 1
Beginnings	p. 7
European Expansion and Catholic Settlement	p. 9
The English Reformation and the Puritans	p. 30
Other Beginnings	p. 54
Americanization	p. 83
A Renewal of Piety, 1700-1750	p. 85
The Churches in the Revolution	p. 114
The Revolution in the Churches	p. 143
The "Protestant Century"	p. 163
Evangelical Mobilization	p. 165
"Outsiders"	p. 191
"Evangelical America," 1800-1865	p. 219
His Dominion: "Christian Canada"	p. 245
The Last Years of "Protestant America," 1865-1918	p. 286
The Emergence of Religious Pluralism	p. 311
The Civil War	p. 313
Non-White, Non-Protestant	p. 335
Protestantism Shaken	p. 363
Legacies of "Christian America"	p. 390
Wilderness Once Again?	p. 423
Turbulent Decades	p. 427
Trends	p. 459
Communities	p. 480
Personalities, Leaders, Exemplars	p. 501
American Christianity, Christianity in America	p. 531
Bibliography of General Works	p. 554
Index	p. 557
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