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The Lively Experiment: The Shaping of Christianity in America
The Lively Experiment The Shaping of Christianity in America Author:Sidney E. Mead In this lucid and learned book one of America's outstanding historians shows the development of the thought and institutional life which characterize Christianity in America. He explains this religious development in terms of the emergence of religious freedom and the physical fact of the frontier. As he enlarges upon many aspects of his mai... more »n theme, Dr. Mead traces the parallel growth and creative tension of Christianity and democracy.
Dr. Mead discusses:
The American People
From Coercion to Persuasion
American Protestantism during the Revolutionary Epoch
Thomas Jefferson's Fair Experiment
Abraham Lincoln's Last, Best Hope of Earth
When Wise Men Hoped
Denominationalism
American Protestantism Since the Civil War I.
From Denominationalism to Americanism
American Protestantism Since the Civil War II.
From Americanism to Christianity
The Lively Experiment is an unusually interesting and timely study that will appeal to every reader concerned with the religious, social, intellectual, and cultural history of America.« less