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Trends in American Religion and the Protestant World (Modern American Protestantism and It's World) (Vol 2)
Trends in American Religion and the Protestant World - Modern American Protestantism and It's World - Vol 2 Author:Martin E. Marty One essay in this volume focuses on "the Protestant Quest for a Christian America". It opens a window on many versions of that quest as these competed with other searches for the meaning of individual and national life. Some of the articles provide very broad contexts, as authors wrestle with concepts such as "the sacred", "experience", "liminal... more »ity", and "innocence". Others have more specific focus, dealing as they do with applications of Protestant principles to business, piety, and urbanization. Taken together they show how Americans have used the raw materials of Protestantism to shape a pluralist society which never forgets its Protestant residue and potential.« less