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Zusatztext A welcome contribution to American religious scholarship. Informationen zum Autor James Hudnut-Beumler is the Anne Potter Wilson Distinguished Professor of American Religious History at Vanderbilt University. His books include Looking for God in the Suburbs: The Religion of the American Dream and Its Critics! 1945-1965 (1994); Generous Saints: Congregations Rethinking Ethics and Money (1999); and In Pursuit of the Almighty's Dollar: A History of Money and American Protestantism (2007) Mark Silk is professor of religion in public life and director of the Leonard Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College. He is the author of Spiritual Politics: Religion and America Since World War II (1988) and Unsecular Media: Making News of Religion in America (1995)! and he is coeditor of Religion by Region! an eight-volume series on religion and public life in the United States. Klappentext Experts in American religious history and the sociology of religion examine the decline of mainline Protestantism over the past half century and assess its future. The book argues that the mainline Protestant movement will continue to be a vital remnant in a culture torn between the contending forces of secularism and evangelicalism. Zusammenfassung Experts in American religious history and the sociology of religion examine the decline of mainline Protestantism over the past half century and assess its future. The book argues that the mainline Protestant movement will continue to be a vital remnant in a culture torn between the contending forces of secularism and evangelicalism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editors' Introduction: The Future of Religion in America! by Mark Silk and Andrew H. Walsh Introduction! by James Hudnut-Beumler 1. The State of Contemporary Mainline Protestantism! by Graham Reside 2. The Beliefs and Practices of Mainline Protestants! by David Bains 3. Futures for Mainline Protestant Institutions! by Maria Erling 4. A Divided House! by Daniel Sack 5. The Mainline and the Soul of International Relations! by Andrew H. Walsh Conclusion: The Quakerization of Mainline Protestantism! by James Hudnut-Beumler Appendix A: American Religious Identification Survey: Research Design Appendix B: American Religious Identification Survey: Future of Religion in America Survey Appendix C: American Religious Identification Survey: Typology of Religious Groups List of Contributors Index ...
