Undermined Establishment : : Church-State Relations in America, 1880-1920 / / Robert T. Handy.

In the middle of the nineteenth century, a stable relationship between American religious organizations and the state was taken for granted. Concord prevailed between the Christian (and largely Protestant) "establishment" on one side and governmental bodies on the other. Here a preeminent...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1991
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Studies in Church and State ; 1224
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Physical Description:1 online resource (218 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Protestant "Establishment" in Late Nineteenth-century America
  • 2. Protestantism Challenged: Latter-day Saints and Roman Catholics
  • 3. Signs of Change: Religion and Public Affairs in the 1890s
  • 4. Expansionism in Government and Religion as a New Century Dawns
  • 5. The Spirit of Reform in Politics and Religion
  • 6. Unitive and Divisive Forces in Religion during the Progressive Period
  • 7. Changing Patterns of Religion and Government: The Impact of World War I
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index