A History of American Christianity

History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon primarily highlights the glories and triumphs of christianity's development in the united states. In particular, the author focuses on how all kinds of Christians from many different countries have met and come together in America. Optimistically, Bacon looks forward to a future in which these christians can live united in faith.

Contents:

Providential Preparations for the Discovery of America

French Christianity in America

Puritan Beginnings of the Church in Virginia

Maryland and the Carolinas

Dutch Calvinists and Swedish Lutherans

The Church in New England.

The Middle Colonies and Georgia

The Eve of the Great Awakening

The Great Awakening

Close of the Colonial Era

Reconstruction

The Second Awakening

Organized Beneficence

Conflicts With Public Wrongs

A Decade of Controversies and Schisms

The Great Immigration

The Civil War

After the Civil War

The Church in Theology and Literature

Tendencies Toward a Manifestation of Unity