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Christianity's American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular [Kietas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Hardback, 216 pages, aukštis x plotis: 216x140 mm
  • Išleidimo metai: 11-Oct-2022
  • Leidėjas: Princeton University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0691233888
  • ISBN-13: 9780691233888
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  • Formatas: Hardback, 216 pages, aukštis x plotis: 216x140 mm
  • Išleidimo metai: 11-Oct-2022
  • Leidėjas: Princeton University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0691233888
  • ISBN-13: 9780691233888
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"Tracing the rise of evangelicalism and the decline of mainline Protestantism in American religious and cultural life. How did American Christianity become synonymous with conservative white evangelicalism? This sweeping work by a leading historian of modern America traces the rise of the evangelical movement and the decline of mainline Protestantism's influence on American life. In Christianity's American Fate, David Hollinger shows how the Protestant establishment, adopting progressive ideas about race, gender, sexuality, empire, and divinity, liberalized too quickly for some and not quickly enough for others. After 1960, mainline Protestantism lost members from both camps--conservatives to evangelicalism and progressives to secular activism. A Protestant evangelicalism that was comfortable with patriarchy and white supremacy soon became the country's dominant Christian cultural force. Hollinger explains the origins of what he calls Protestantism's "two-party system" in the United States, finding its roots in America's religious culture of dissent, as established by seventeenth-century colonists who broke away from Europe's religious traditions; the constitutional separation of church and state, which enabled religious diversity; and the constant influx of immigrants, who found solidarity in churches. Hollinger argues that the United States became not only overwhelmingly Protestant but Protestant on steroids. By the 1960s, Jews and other non-Christians had diversified the nation ethno-religiously, inspiring more inclusive notions of community. But by embracing a socially diverse and scientifically engaged modernity, Hollinger tells us, ecumenical Protestants also set the terms by which evangelicals became reactionary."--

Tracing the rise of evangelicalism and the decline of mainline Protestantism in American religious and cultural life

How did American Christianity become synonymous with conservative white evangelicalism? This sweeping work by a leading historian of modern America traces the rise of the evangelical movement and the decline of mainline Protestantism’s influence on American life. In Christianity’s American Fate, David Hollinger shows how the Protestant establishment, adopting progressive ideas about race, gender, sexuality, empire, and divinity, liberalized too quickly for some and not quickly enough for others. After 1960, mainline Protestantism lost members from both camps—conservatives to evangelicalism and progressives to secular activism. A Protestant evangelicalism that was comfortable with patriarchy and white supremacy soon became the country’s dominant Christian cultural force.

Hollinger explains the origins of what he calls Protestantism’s “two-party system” in the United States, finding its roots in America’s religious culture of dissent, as established by seventeenth-century colonists who broke away from Europe’s religious traditions; the constitutional separation of church and state, which enabled religious diversity; and the constant influx of immigrants, who found solidarity in churches. Hollinger argues that the United States became not only overwhelmingly Protestant but Protestant on steroids. By the 1960s, Jews and other non-Christians had diversified the nation ethnoreligiously, inspiring more inclusive notions of community. But by embracing a socially diverse and scientifically engaged modernity, Hollinger tells us, ecumenical Protestants also set the terms by which evangelicals became reactionary.

Recenzijos

"[ A] nuanced account. . . . [ Christianitys American Fate] offers a path to greater understanding of how a transformation occurring in full view over decades escaped the notice of many who watched in bafflement and horror as the events of January 6 unfolded. Rather than another January 6, the greater threat that Christian nationalism poses to American society may be, as [ the book] warn[ s] us, its normalization."---Linda Greenhouse, New York Review of Books "Christianitys American Fate is at once accessible and erudite, weighing in at a lean 199 pages and yet packing a formidable analytical punch. Hollinger touches on a wide range of issues. . . . [ A]nyone who cares about the past, present, and future of American Christianity will be challenged by this book, which like the entirety of Hollingers corpus is provocative in the best of ways."---Heath W. Carter, Christianity Today "This is superlative religious history." * Publishers Weekly, starred review * "A superbly concise examination of how American Christianitys division into a Protestant two-party system parallel to the existing political one came to deeply alter the nations recent politics. . . . A critically important, authoritative history of great, immediate relevance.

" * Kirkus, starred review * "Brilliant and compulsively readable."---Andrew Preston, Annales "Does Christianity have a future in the United States? David Hollinger poses this question in his important new book. Few people are more qualified to answer it than Hollinger, who over the course of five decades has established himself as one of Americas foremost intellectual historians."---William J. Schultz, Christian Century "Written for a general audience, the volume accomplishes the rare feat of a scholar translating deep expertise into accessible arguments that challenge easy consensus."---Beau Underwood, Word & Way "The delight of Hollingers book is. . . the vigor, sparkle, and take-no-prisoners prose style. Christianitys American Fate is a short but scintillating book."---Paul Harvey, Reviews in American History "A fresh analysis of the growing divide between American evangelicalism and secularism. . . . Americans are at a crossroads right now. Time will tell which path will be taken. Hollingers book is a helpful map showing how we reached this point in the journey."---Michelle Arnold, U.S. Catholic "Thoroughly provocative."---Joel Wentz, Englewood Review of Books "Yet despite its brevity, Christianitys American Fate is far more than a cursory survey; each of its assertions rests on decades of Hollingers research and mature analysis, and the book therefore offers a remarkably insightful treatment of modern American religious and political trends."---Daniel K. Williams, Journal of Church and State "Genuinely fascinating."---Madoc Cairns, Times Literary Supplement "Hollingers narrative is eminently engaging, and his tone is refreshingly candid. . . . Hollinger has given us an admirably accessible, informative history of the other Protestants, who played a crucial role in shaping American religion and politics over the past one hundred years."---William Stell, Journal of Religion

Preface xi
1 Introduction: The Other Protestants
1(9)
2 A Country Protestant on Steroids
10(17)
3 Jewish Immigrants versus Anglo-Protestant Hegemony
27(18)
4 The Missionary Boomerang
45(23)
5 The Apotheosis of Liberal Protestantism
68(22)
6 The 1960s and the Decline of the Mainline
90(18)
7 Ecumenical Democrats, Evangelical Republicans, and Post-Protestants
108(24)
8 Christianity's American Fate: A Conservative Refuge?
132(25)
9 Beyond the Paradox of a Religious Politics in a Secular Society
157(8)
Notes 165(20)
Index 185
David A. Hollinger is the Preston Hotchkis Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. His many books include Protestants Abroad: How Missionaries Tried to Change the World but Changed America and After Cloven Tongues of Fire: Protestant Liberalism in Modern American History (both Princeton).