Author:
Schell, Hannah.
Imprint:Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c2015.
Descriptionvii, 311 p. ; 23 cm.
Note:"Errand in the wilderness" : colonists in the New World -- Religious and political awakenings : the Revolution -- Religious thought in the New Republic, something new, something old : revival and restoration -- New paths in the nineteenth century -- Times of turmoil : the Civil War -- Spreading the Word : Victorian evangelicalism and the varieties of Protestantism -- Progressivism and its discontents -- The courage to be and the courage to act : twentieth century developments -- Stretching the Christian story : into the twenty-first century.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:This book offers a short, accessible overview of the history of Christian thought in America, from the Puritans and other colonials to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Each chapter concludes with a short bibliography of recent scholarship for further reading.
