Mainline Christianity : : The Past and Future of America's Majority Faith / / Jason S. Lantzer.

Since the Revolutionary War, Mainline Christianity has been comprised of the Seven Sisters of American Protestantism-the Congregational Church, the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Presbyterian Church, the United Methodist Church, the American Baptist Convention, and the Discip...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • The Mainline’s Slippery Slope
  • 1. The Genesis of the Mainline
  • 2. Building the New Jerusalem The High Tide of the Seven Sisters
  • 3. A Mighty Fortress in Decline
  • 4. The Politics of Decline
  • 5. In a State of Perpetual Decline
  • 6. Unto the Ends of the Earth
  • 7. The Emergence of a New Mainline
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author