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Book SynopsisIn this addition to the Columbia Contemporary American Religion series, an authority on the subject focuses on America's most mainstream religion. The text describes Protestantism's history, constituent subgroups and their activities, and explores its dielectic with American culture.
Trade ReviewA useful starting point for reflection on the future of Protestantism. -- Steven Schroeder Booklist Balmer and Winner do an admirable job of synthesizing recent scholarship and have created an engaging, if occasionally irreverent, account...useful. Library Journal [A]n innovative and insightful book... The volume [Balmer & Winner] have produced is succinct and sprightly, and full of insights. It is a welcome guide to American Protestantism at the beginning of the twenty-first century. -- Robert Bruce Mullin Journal of Religion Balmer and Winner boldly take hold of the large and complex topic of Protestantism in America by its most ungainly part, evangelicalism. -- Christian Sheppard Chicago Tribune Balmer and Winner have produced a book that is quite readable. Choice A testimony to the historic centrality and energy of Protestantism in the broader American religious culture and a worthy and enlightening new study. Journal of Church & State Vivid and engaging -- Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr. Anglican Theological Review A highly useful text -- Amanda Porterfield H-Net Reviews
Table of ContentsPreface: Easter Sunday 1. Protestantism in America 2. Brief History of Protestantism in America 3. Varieties of Protestantism in America 4. Williston Federated Church 5. Abyssinian Baptist Church 6. New Life Family Fellowship 7. Protestants and Feminism 8. Protestants and Homosexuality 9. Protestants and Social Justice
