American Christianity : the continuing revolution / Stephen Cox.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Discovering America seriesPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: x, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780292729100 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0292729103 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BR 515 .C69 2014
Contents:
Ruins or foundations? -- Finding oil -- The mainstream and the cataracts -- The making of revival -- Stars that rise and set -- The low wall of separation -- Millions now living will never die -- Hierarchies and revolutions -- Sermons in stone -- The mortal word -- Unfinished cathedrals.
Summary: Stephen Cox argues that American Christianity is a revolution that is always happening, and always needs to happen. The old-time religion always has to be made new, and that is what Americans have been doing throughout their history. --from publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ruins or foundations? -- Finding oil -- The mainstream and the cataracts -- The making of revival -- Stars that rise and set -- The low wall of separation -- Millions now living will never die -- Hierarchies and revolutions -- Sermons in stone -- The mortal word -- Unfinished cathedrals.

Stephen Cox argues that American Christianity is a revolution that is always happening, and always needs to happen. The old-time religion always has to be made new, and that is what Americans have been doing throughout their history. --from publisher description

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