From the founding of the first colonies until the present, the
influence of Christianity, as the dominant faith in American
society, has extended far beyond church pews into the wider
culture. Yet, at the same time, Christians in the United States
have disagreed sharply about the meaning of their shared tradition,
and, divided by denominational affiliation, race, and ethnicity,
they have taken stances on every side of contested public issues
from slavery to women's rights. This volume of twenty-two original
essays, contributed by a group of prominent thinkers in American
religious studies, provides a sophisticated understanding of both
the diversity and the alliances among Christianities in the United
States and the influences that have shaped churches and the nation
in reciprocal ways. American Christianities explores this
paradoxical dynamic of dominance and diversity that are the true
marks of a faith too often perceived as homogeneous and monolithic.
Contributors: Catherine L. Albanese, University of California,
Santa Barbara James B. Bennett, Santa Clara University Edith
Blumhofer, Wheaton College Ann Braude, Harvard Divinity School
Catherine A. Brekus, University of Chicago Divinity School Kristina
Bross, Purdue University Rebecca L. Davis, University of Delaware
Curtis J. Evans, University of Chicago Divinity School Tracy
Fessenden, Arizona State University Kathleen Flake, Vanderbilt
University Divinity School W. Clark Gilpin, University of Chicago
Divinity School Stewart M. Hoover, University of Colorado at
Boulder Jeanne Halgren Kilde, University of Minnesota David W.
Kling, University of Miami Timothy S. Lee, Brite Divinity School,
Texas Christian University Dan McKanan, Harvard Divinity School
Michael D. McNally, Carleton College Mark A. Noll, University of
Notre Dame Jon Pahl, The Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Philadelphia Sally M. Promey, Yale University Jon H. Roberts,
Boston University Jonathan D. Sarna, Brandeis University |This
volume of twenty-two original essays, contributed by a group of
prominent thinkers in American religious studies, provides a
sophisticated understanding of both the diversity and the alliances
among Christianities in the United States and the influences that
have shaped churches and the nation in reciprocal ways. American
Christianities explores this paradoxical dynamic of dominance and
diversity that are the true marks of a faith too often perceived as
homogeneous and monolithic.
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