Reformed and Evangelical across four centuries : the Presbyterian story in America /

Reformed and Evangelical across Four Centuries tells the story of the Presbyterian church in the United States, beginning with its British foundations and extending to its present-day expression in multiple American Presbyterian denominations. This account emphasizes the role of the evangelical move...

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Main Authors: Feldmeth, Nathan P., 1945- (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Fortson, S. Donald (Samuel Donald), 1956- (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Rosell, Garth (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Stewart, Kenneth J. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2022
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / George M. Marsden
  • Increasing Divergence after Common Origins in the British Reformations
  • Stuart Pressures against Presbyterians and Puritans
  • Two Attempts at Protestant Religious Uniformity
  • What Restored Monarchy Meant for England and Scotland
  • Developments in Evangelism, Mission, and Theology
  • New World Immigration and the First Presbytery
  • A Great Awakening Shapes the Church
  • American Independence and a National Assembly
  • Missions and Revivals in the Early Republic
  • American Reformed Theology
  • Debate on the Question of Slavery
  • Presbyterianism, Civil War, and Reunions
  • The Darwinian Challenge
  • Immigration, Urbanization, and Industrialization
  • German Universities and American Protestantism
  • Fundamentalism and Modernism
  • Two World Wars and Reaching the World for Christ
  • Women, Civil Rights, and a New Confession
  • Evangelical Marginalization and Resurgence
  • Conclusion: Presbyterians as Evangelicals
  • Appendix I: American Presbyterian Denominations Ranked by Membership
  • Appendix II. Genealogical Table of American Presbyterians
  • Foreword / George M. Marsden
  • Increasing Divergence after Common Origins in the British Reformations
  • Stuart Pressures against Presbyterians and Puritans
  • Two Attempts at Protestant Religious Uniformity
  • What Restored Monarchy Meant for England and Scotland
  • Developments in Evangelism, Mission, and Theology
  • New World Immigration and the First Presbytery
  • A Great Awakening Shapes the Church
  • American Independence and a National Assembly
  • Missions and Revivals in the Early Republic
  • American Reformed Theology
  • Debate on the Question of Slavery
  • Presbyterianism, Civil War, and Reunions
  • The Darwinian Challenge
  • Immigration, Urbanization, and Industrialization
  • German Universities and American Protestantism
  • Fundamentalism and Modernism
  • Two World Wars and Reaching the World for Christ
  • Women, Civil Rights, and a New Confession
  • Evangelical Marginalization and Resurgence
  • Conclusion: Presbyterians as Evangelicals
  • Appendix I: American Presbyterian Denominations Ranked by Membership
  • Appendix II. Genealogical Table of American Presbyterians
  • Foreword / George M. Marsden
  • Increasing divergence after common origins in the British reformations
  • Stuart pressures against Presbyterians and Puritans
  • Two attempts at Protestant religious uniformity
  • What restored monarchy meant for England and Scotland
  • Developments in evangelism, mission, and theology
  • New World immigration and the first presbytery
  • A great awakening shapes the church
  • American independence and a national assembly
  • Missions and revivals in the early republic
  • American Reformed theology
  • Debate on the question of slavery
  • Presbyterianism, civil war, and reunions
  • The Darwinian challenge
  • Immigration, urbanization, and industrialization
  • German universities and American Protestantism
  • Fundamentalism and modernism
  • Two world wars and reaching the world for Christ
  • Women, civil rights, and a new confession
  • Evangelical marginalization and resurgence
  • Conclusion: Presbyterians as Evangelicals
  • Appendix 1: American Presbyterian denominations ranked by membership
  • Appendix 2. Genealogical table of American Presbyterians
  • Machine generated contents note: 1 Increasing Divergence after Common Origins in the British Reformations
  • 2. Stuart Pressures against Presbyterians and Puritans
  • 3. Two Attempts at Protestant Religious Uniformity
  • 4. What Restored Monarchy Meant for England and Scotland
  • 5. Developments in Evangelism, Mission, and Theology
  • 6. New World Immigration and the First Presbytery
  • 7. A Great Awakening Shapes the Church
  • 8. American Independence and a National Assembly
  • 9. Missions and Revivals in the Early Republic
  • 10. American Reformed Theology
  • 11. Debate on the Question of Slavery
  • 12. Presbyterianism, Civil War, and Reunions
  • 13. The Darwinian Challenge
  • 14. Immigration, Urbanization, and Industrialization
  • 15. German Universities and American Protestantism
  • 16. Fundamentalism and Modernism
  • 17. Two World Wars and Reaching the World for Christ
  • 18. Women, Civil Rights, and a New Confession
  • 19. Evangelical Marginalization and Resurgence.