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Integration
(Hardcover)
Paul J Morrison; Foreword by Malcolm B Yarnell
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Living Hope
(Hardcover)
Paul W. Chilcote, Steve Harper
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Say the words "evangelical worship" to anyone in the United States
- even if they are not particularly religious - and a picture will
likely spring to mind unbidden: a mass of white, middle-class
worshippers with eyes closed, faces tilted upward, and hands raised
to the sky. Yet despite the centrality of this image, many scholars
have underestimated evangelical worship as little more than a
manipulative effort to arouse devotional exhilaration. It is
frequently dismissed as a reiteration of nineteenth-century
revivalism or a derivative imitation of secular entertainment -
three Christian rock songs and a spiritual TED talk. But by failing
to engage this worship seriously, we miss vital insights into a
form of Protestantism that exerts widespread influence in the
United States and around the world. Evangelical Worship offers a
new way forward in the study of American evangelical Christianity.
Weaving together insights from American religious history and
liturgical studies, and drawing on extensive fieldwork in seven
congregations, Melanie C. Ross brings contemporary evangelical
worship to life. She argues that corporate worship is not a
peripheral "extra" tacked on to a fully-formed spiritual,
political, and cultural movement, but rather the crucible through
which congregations forge, argue over, and enact their unique
contributions to the American mosaic known as evangelicalism.
John Leland (1754-1841) was one of the most influential and
entertaining religious figures in early America. As an itinerant
revivalist, he demonstrated an uncanny ability to connect with a
popular audience, and contributed to the rise of a "democratized"
Christianity in America. A tireless activist for the rights of
conscience, Leland also waged a decades-long war for
disestablishment, first in Virginia and then in New England. Leland
advocated for full religious freedom for all-not merely Baptists
and Protestants-and reportedly negotiated a deal with James Madison
to include a Bill of Rights in the Constitution. Leland developed a
reputation for being "mad for politics" in early America,
delivering political orations, publishing tracts, and mobilizing
New England's Baptists on behalf of the Jeffersonian Republicans.
He crowned his political activity by famously delivering a
1,200-pound cheese to Thomas Jefferson's White House. Leland also
stood among eighteenth-century Virginia's most powerful
anti-slavery advocates, and convinced one wealthy planter to
emancipate over 400 of his slaves. Though among the most popular
Baptists in America, Leland's fierce individualism and personal
eccentricity often placed him at odds with other Baptist leaders.
He refused ordination, abstained from the Lord's Supper, and
violently opposed the rise of Baptist denominationalism. In the
first-ever biography of Leland, Eric C. Smith recounts the story of
this pivotal figure from American Religious History, whose long and
eventful life provides a unique window into the remarkable
transformations that swept American society from 1760 to 1840.
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