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Informationen zum Autor Jason E. Vickers is Professor of Theology at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY. He is a past president of the Wesleyan Theological Society, editor of the Wesleyan Theological Journal, and author or editor of a dozen books, including Methodist Christology: From the Wesleys to the Twenty-First Century (2020), and The Cambridge Companion to American Methodism(2013). Jennifer Woodruff Tait is the editor of Christian History magazine, the leading magazine about church history for a popular audience. She is the author of The Poisoned Chalice: Eucharist Grape Juice and Common-Sense Realism in Victorian Methodism (2011) and Christian History in Seven Sentences (2021). Klappentext This Cambridge Companion gives a chronological overview of the entire history of American Protestantism; a broad, diverse, deeply rooted, and influential religious tradition. The volume addresses its prominent theological and sociological features, and notes its numerous intersections with American culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Historical Overview: 1. Early America Jonathan Den Hartog; 2. From the Revolution to the civil war Jeffrey B. Webb; 3. The industrial age, 1865-1945 Andrea L. Turpin; 4. Protestantism and American culture: From the Vietnam war to 9/11 Skylar Ray And Elesha J. Coffman; Part II. The Religious Culture of American Protestantism: 5. Bible, Doctrine, and Theology Jason E. Vickers; 6. Preaching and worship Jonathan A. Powers; 7. Education Steven Hoskins; 8. Work and Vocation Joshua R. Sweeden; 9. Politics and Government Daniel K. Williams; 10. Temperance Jennifer Woodruff Tait; 11. Gender, Sexuality, and Marriage Elizabeth H. Flowers and Karen K. Seat; 12. From slavery to black lives matter: American Protestants and race Dennis C. Dickerson; 13. Faith healing and modern medicine Candy Gunther Brown; 14. Mental Illness Heather Hartung Vacek; 15. Protestant-Catholic ecumenism and the meanings of American freedom Maura Jane Farrelly; 16. Missions Melody Maxwell; Part III. Theological Traditions: 17. Anglicanism Robert W. Prichard; 18. The reformed tradition Edwin Woodruff Tait; 19. The Lutheran tradition Mark Granquist; 20. Brethren and Mennonite Traditions William Kostlevy; 21. Baptists Nicholas T. Pruitt; 22. The Stone-Campbell movement Mark E. Powell; 23. Wesleyan-Methodist and holiness traditions Douglas M. Strong; 24. Pentecostalism Chris E.W. Green....
