{"product_id":"practicing-protestants-9780801883620","title":"Practicing Protestants","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBreaking new ground in ritual studies and cultural history, Practicing Protestants offers a distinctive history of American Protestant practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach of the essays in Practicing Protestants offers rewarding insights into some facet of American religion. -- David Fillingim Studies in American Culture 2007 Thoughtful, thought provoking, well researched, well written, and engaging... A wonderful showcase of the scholarship of American church historians. -- Kenneth B. Bedell Journal of Contemporary Religion 2008 A unique perspective into a burgeoning field... Will undoubtedly provide a scholarly benchmark from which other historical and theoretical studies in practice theory can be examined. -- Emily Wright H-Net Reviews 2007 Practicing Protestants is both comprehensive in its introduction to the study of religious practice and specialized in its consideration of many and varied subjects pertaining to religion in America. It is a book long overdue, and thus a starting point for more collaborative efforts to understand the complicated lives of American Christians. -- Michael Pasquier Historian 2008 A very readable and theoretically astute collection of essays that brings to light valuable conclusions drawn from original research. Readers will really appreciate the value of this volume for teaching and research. -- Sylvester Johnson Church History 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Puritan and Evangelical Practice in New England, 1630–1800\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Writing as a Protestant Practice:\u003ci\u003e Devotional Diaries in Early New England\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Forgiveness: \u003ci\u003eFrom the Puritans to Jonathan Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Mission, Nation, and Christian Practice, 1820–1940\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Assembling Bodies and Souls:\u003ci\u003e Missionary Practices on the Pacific Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Honoring Elders: \u003ci\u003ePractices of Sagacity and Deference in Ojibwe Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Nurturing Religious Nationalism: \u003ci\u003eKorean Americans in Hawaii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Re-Forming the Church: \u003ci\u003ePreservation, Renewal, and Restoration in American Christian Architecture in California\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Devotional Practices and Modern Predicaments, 1880–1920\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. \"Acting Faith\": \u003ci\u003ePractices of Religious Healing in Late-Nineteenth-Century Protestantism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Observing the Lives of the Saints:\u003ci\u003e Sanctification as Practice in the Church of God in Christ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Practice of Prayer in a Modern Age: \u003ci\u003eLiberals, Fundamentalists, and Prayer in the Early Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Liberal Protestants and Universalizing Practices, 1850–1965\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Cosmopolitan Piety:\u003ci\u003e Sympathy, Comparative Religions, and Nineteenth-Century Liberalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. The Practice of Dance for the Future of Christianity:\u003ci\u003e \"Eurythmic Worship\" in New York's Roaring Twenties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Taste Cultures: \u003ci\u003eThe Visual Practice of Liberal Protestantism, 1940–1965\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Contributors \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527623156055,"sku":"9780801883620","price":32.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801883620.jpg?v=1731868588","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/practicing-protestants-9780801883620","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}