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The Project Gutenberg eBook, A History of American Christianity, by Leonard Woolsey Bacon
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The American Church History Series
American Church History
The American Church History Series
American Church History
A HISTORY OF AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY
BY
LEONARD WOOLSEY BACON
New York The Christian Literature Co.
New York The Christian Literature Co.
CONTENTS.
A HISTORY OF AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY.
CHAPTER I.
PROVIDENTIAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA—SPIRITUAL REVIVAL THROUGHOUT CHRISTENDOM, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE CHURCH OF SPAIN.
PROVIDENTIAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA—SPIRITUAL REVIVAL THROUGHOUT CHRISTENDOM, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE CHURCH OF SPAIN.
CHAPTER II.
SPANISH CONQUEST—THE PROPAGATION, DECAY, AND DOWNFALL OF SPANISH CHRISTIANITY.
SPANISH CONQUEST—THE PROPAGATION, DECAY, AND DOWNFALL OF SPANISH CHRISTIANITY.
CHAPTER III.
THE PROJECT OF FRENCH EMPIRE AND EVANGELIZATION—ITS WIDE AND RAPID SUCCESS—ITS SUDDEN EXTINCTION.
THE PROJECT OF FRENCH EMPIRE AND EVANGELIZATION—ITS WIDE AND RAPID SUCCESS—ITS SUDDEN EXTINCTION.
CHAPTER IV.
ANTECEDENTS OF PERMANENT CHRISTIAN COLONIZATION—THE DISINTEGRATION OF CHRISTENDOM—CONTROVERSIES—PERSECUTIONS.
ANTECEDENTS OF PERMANENT CHRISTIAN COLONIZATION—THE DISINTEGRATION OF CHRISTENDOM—CONTROVERSIES—PERSECUTIONS.
CHAPTER V.
THE PURITAN BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH IN VIRGINIA—ITS DECLINE ALMOST TO EXTINCTION.
THE PURITAN BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH IN VIRGINIA—ITS DECLINE ALMOST TO EXTINCTION.
CHAPTER VI.
THE NEIGHBOR COLONIES TO VIRGINIA—MARYLAND AND THE CAROLINAS.
THE NEIGHBOR COLONIES TO VIRGINIA—MARYLAND AND THE CAROLINAS.
CHAPTER VII.
THE DUTCH CALVINIST COLONY ON THE HUDSON AND THE SWEDISH LUTHERAN COLONY ON THE DELAWARE—THEY BOTH FALL UNDER THE SHADOW OF GREAT BRITAIN.
THE DUTCH CALVINIST COLONY ON THE HUDSON AND THE SWEDISH LUTHERAN COLONY ON THE DELAWARE—THEY BOTH FALL UNDER THE SHADOW OF GREAT BRITAIN.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE PLANTING OF THE CHURCH IN NEW ENGLAND—PILGRIM AND PURITAN.
THE PLANTING OF THE CHURCH IN NEW ENGLAND—PILGRIM AND PURITAN.
CHAPTER IX.
THE MIDDLE COLONIES: THE JERSEYS, DELAWARE, AND PENNSYLVANIA—THE QUAKER COLONIZATION—GEORGIA.
THE MIDDLE COLONIES: THE JERSEYS, DELAWARE, AND PENNSYLVANIA—THE QUAKER COLONIZATION—GEORGIA.
CHAPTER X.
THE AMERICAN CHURCH ON THE EVE OF THE GREAT AWAKENING—A GENERAL VIEW.
THE AMERICAN CHURCH ON THE EVE OF THE GREAT AWAKENING—A GENERAL VIEW.
CHAPTER XI.
THE GREAT AWAKENING
THE GREAT AWAKENING
CHAPTER XII.
CLOSE OF THE COLONIAL ERA—THE GERMAN CHURCHES—THE BEGINNINGS OF THE METHODIST CHURCH.
CLOSE OF THE COLONIAL ERA—THE GERMAN CHURCHES—THE BEGINNINGS OF THE METHODIST CHURCH.
CHAPTER XIII.
RECONSTRUCTION.
RECONSTRUCTION.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE SECOND AWAKENING.
THE SECOND AWAKENING.
CHAPTER XV.
ORGANIZED BENEFICENCE.
ORGANIZED BENEFICENCE.
CHAPTER XVI.
CONFLICTS OF THE CHURCH WITH PUBLIC WRONGS.
CONFLICTS OF THE CHURCH WITH PUBLIC WRONGS.
CHAPTER XVII.
A DECADE OF CONTROVERSIES AND SCHISMS.
A DECADE OF CONTROVERSIES AND SCHISMS.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE GREAT IMMIGRATION.
THE GREAT IMMIGRATION.
CHAPTER XIX.
THE CIVIL WAR—ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES.
THE CIVIL WAR—ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES.
CHAPTER XX.
AFTER THE WAR.
AFTER THE WAR.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE CHURCH IN THEOLOGY AND LITERATURE.
THE CHURCH IN THEOLOGY AND LITERATURE.
CHAPTER XXII.
TENDENCIES TOWARD A MANIFESTATION OF THE UNITY OF THE AMERICAN CHURCH.
TENDENCIES TOWARD A MANIFESTATION OF THE UNITY OF THE AMERICAN CHURCH.
INDEX.
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