TY - BOOK AU - Smith,H.Shelton TI - American Christianity: an historical interpretation with representative documents SN - 0684157454 AV - 277.3 S649A U1 - 277.3 PY - 1960///-1963] CY - New York PB - Charles Scribner's Sons KW - United States KW - Church history KW - Sources N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; v. 1. 1607-1820.--v. 2. 1820-1960; Period I; Traditions in new contexts 1607-1690 --; Churchly traditions --; The Puritan middle way --; Left-wing traditions --; Period II; Changing patterns 1690-1765 --; Puritanism on the defensive --; Tensions of religious pluralism --; The Great Awakening --; The religion of the enlightenment --; Period III; Freedom and renewal 1765-1820 --; Religion in the struggle for freedom --; The religion of the enlightenment comes of age --; New awakening in the seaboard states --; Christian faith on the frontier; Period IV; Reform and reaction 1820-1865 --; Revivalism and benevolence --; Resurgent churchly traditions --; The transcendental pattern of religious liberalism --; The irrepressible question of slavery --; Period V; Conflicting responses to new forces 1865-1930 --; Radical tendencies in religion --; The christocentric liberal tradition --; Variant orthodoxies --; The quickening of social conscience --; Period VI; Revaluing the heritage 1930-1960 --; The post-liberal theological mind --; Realism in social Christianity --; The ecumenical awakening N2 - Significant documents, including letters, essays, memoirs, etc., selected to show the religious situation in America ER -