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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108485326
Number of Pages: 450
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 23.5 cm
American Protestantism has been the dominant form of Christianity in United States since the colonial era and has had a profound impact on American society. Understanding this religious tradition is, thus, crucial to understanding American culture. This Companion offers a comprehensive overview of  American Protestantism. It considers all its major streams—Anglican, Reformed, Lutheran, Anabaptist, Baptist, Stone-Campbell, Methodist, Holiness, and Pentecostal. Written from various disciplinary perspectives, including history, theology, liturgics, and religious studies, it explores the beliefs and practices around which American Protestant life has revolved. The volume also provides a chronological overview of the tradition's entire history, addresses its prominent theological and sociological features, and explores its numerous intersections with American culture. Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, as well as an interested general audience, this Companion will be useful both for insiders and outsiders to the American Protestant tradition.
Part I. Historical Overview: 1. Early America Jonathan Den Hartog; 2. From the Revolution to the civil war Jeffrey B. Webb; 3. The industrial age, 1865-1945 Andrea L. Turpin; 4. Protestantism and American culture: From the Vietnam war to 9/11 Skylar Ray And Elesha J. Coffman; Part II. The Religious Culture of American Protestantism: 5. Bible, Doctrine, and Theology Jason E. Vickers; 6. Preaching and worship Jonathan A. Powers; 7. Education Steven Hoskins; 8. Work and Vocation Joshua R. Sweeden; 9. Politics and Government Daniel K. Williams; 10. Temperance Jennifer Woodruff Tait; 11. Gender, Sexuality, and Marriage Elizabeth H. Flowers and Karen K. Seat; 12. From slavery to black lives matter: American Protestants and race Dennis C. Dickerson; 13. Faith healing and modern medicine Candy Gunther Brown; 14. Mental Illness Heather Hartung Vacek; 15. Protestant-Catholic ecumenism and the meanings of American freedom Maura Jane Farrelly; 16. Missions Melody Maxwell; Part III. Theological Traditions: 17. Anglicanism Robert W. Prichard; 18. The reformed tradition Edwin Woodruff Tait; 19. The Lutheran tradition Mark Granquist; 20. Brethren and Mennonite Traditions William Kostlevy; 21. Baptists Nicholas T. Pruitt; 22. The Stone-Campbell movement Mark E. Powell; 23. Wesleyan-Methodist and holiness traditions Douglas M. Strong; 24. Pentecostalism Chris E.W. Green.

Jason E. Vickers (Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky), Jennifer Woodruff Tait

Jason E. Vickers is Professor of Theology at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY. He is a past president of the Wesleyan Theological Society, editor of the Wesleyan Theological Journal, and author or editor of a dozen books, including Methodist Christology: From the Wesleys to the Twenty-First Century (2020), and The Cambridge Companion to American Methodism(2013). Jennifer Woodruff Tait is the editor of Christian History magazine, the leading magazine about church history for a popular audience. She is the author of The Poisoned Chalice: Eucharist Grape Juice and Common-Sense Realism in Victorian Methodism (2011) and Christian History in Seven Sentences (2021).

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