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A History of American Christianity

A History of American Christianity

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Number of Chapters: 33

Length: 10 hours and 46 minutes

Language: English

Published in 1897, this book describes the advent of Christianity in the United States from the landing of the first explorers with their mission to convert the natives to the time immediately following the Civil War. Bacon discusses the church's response to the social, political and religious issues of the day, and provides an introduction to the beginnings of such para-church organizations as the YMCA and American Bible Society. (Summary by KHand)

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Chapter I Providential Preparation for the Discovery of America (KHand)
Chapter II Spanish Christianity in America (KHand)
Chapter III French Christianity in America (KHand)
Chapter IV Antecedents of Permanent Christian Colonization (KHand)
Chapter V Puritan Beginnings of the Church in Virginia (KHand)
Chapter VI Maryland and the Carolinas (KHand)
Chapter VII Dutch Calvinists and Swedish Lutherans (KHand)
Chapter VIII The Church in New England, Part 1 (KHand)
Chapter VIII The Church in New England, Part 2 (KHand)
Chapter IX The Middle Colonies and Georgia (KHand)
Chapter X The Eve of the Great Awakening, Part 1 (KHand)
Chapter X The Eve of the Great Awakening, Part 2 (KHand)
Chapter XI The Great Awaking, Part 1 (KHand)
Chapter XI The Great Awaking, Part 2 (KHand)
Chapter XII Close of the Colonial Era, Part 1 (KHand)
Chapter XII Close of the Colonial Era, Part 2 (KHand)
Chapter XIII Reconstruction, Part 1 (KHand)
Chapter XIII Reconstruction, Part 2 (KHand)
Chapter XIV The Second Awakening (KHand)
Chapter XV Organized Beneficence (KHand)
Chapter XVI Conflicts of the Church With Public Wrongs, Part 1 (KHand)
Chapter XVI Conflicts of the Church With Public Wrongs, Part 2 (KHand)
Chapter XVII A Decade of Controversies and Schisms, Part 1 (KHand)
Chapter XVII A Decade of Controversies and Schisms, Part 2 (KHand)
Chapter XVIII The Great Immigration, Part 1 (KHand)
Chapter XVIII The Great Immigration, Part 2 (KHand)
Chapter XIX The Civil War (KHand)
Chapter XX After the War, Part 1 (KHand)
Chapter XX After the War, Part 2 (KHand)
Chapter XXI The Church in Theology and Literature, Part 1 (KHand)
Chapter XXI The Church in Theology and Literature, Part 2 (KHand)
Chapter XXII Tendencies Toward a Manifestation of the Unity of the American Church, Part 1 (KHand)
Chapter XXII Tendencies Toward a Manifestation of the Unity of the American Church, Part 2 (KHand)
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