American Evangelicalism : George Marsden and the State of American Religious History

No Living Scholar Has Shaped The Study Of American Religious History More Profoundly Than George M. Marsden. His Work Spans U.s. Intellectual, Cultural, And Religious History From The Seventeenth Through The Twenty-first Centuries. This Collection Of Essays Uses The Career Of George M. Marsden And The Remarkable Breadth Of His Scholarship To Measure Current Trends In The Historical Study Of American Evangelical Protestantism And To Encourage Fresh Scholarly Investigation Of This Faith Tradition As It Has Developed Between The Eighteenth Century And The Present. Moving Through Five Sections, Each Centered Around One Of Marsden{u2019}s Major Books And The Time Period It Represents, The Volume Explores Different Methodologies And Approaches To The History Of Evangelicalism And American Religion. Besides Assessing Marsden{u2019}s Illustrious Works On Their Own Terms, This Collection{u2019}s Contributors Isolate Several Key Themes As Deserving Of Fresh, Rigorous, And Extensive Examination. Through Their Close Investigation Of These Particular Themes, They Expand The Range Of Characters And Communities, Issues And Ideas, And Contingencies That Can And Should Be Accounted For In Our Historical Texts. Marsden{u2019}s Timeless Scholarship Thus Serves As A Launchpad For New Directions In Our Rendering Of The American Religious Past. --provided By Publisher. Foreword : George Marsden As Scholar, Christian, And Friend / Nathan Hatch, Mark Noll, Harry Stout, And Grant Wacker -- Jonathan Edwards And The Study Of His Eighteenth-century World : George Marsden's Contribution To Colonial American Religious Historiography / Douglas A. Sweeney -- Jonathan Edwards : A Life / Thomas S. Kidd -- Jonathan Edwards And Francis Asbury / John Wigger -- The Evangelical Mind And The Historians / Margaret Bendroth -- The Evangelical Mind And The New School Presbyterian Experience / Peter J. Wallace -- The African American Great Awakening And Modernity, 1866-1900 / Jay R. Case -- Marsden And Modern Fundamentalism / Barry Hankins -- Fundamentalism And American Culture / William L. Svelmoe -- Reorienting American Religious History In The Age Of Global Christianity : The Case Of Katharine Bushnell / Kristin Kobes Du Mez -- A Gilded Age Modernist : Reuben A. Torrey And The Roots Of Contemporary Conservative Evangelicalism / Timothy E.w. Gloege -- The Interdenominational Evangelicalism Of D.l. Moody And The Problem Of Fundamentalism / Michael S. Hamilton -- Marsden And Secularization / John Schmalzbauer -- The Soul Of The American University / Steven M. Nolt -- More Than A Footnote? Evangelical Ministries And The Secular University / John G. Turner -- The Southernization Of The Evangelical Mind / Rick Ostrander -- Marsden And Fundamentalist Resurgence / Garth M. Rosell -- Reforming Fundamentalism / Darren Dochuk -- Missionary Realities And The New Evangelicalism In Post-world War Ii America / Kathryn T. Long -- The Evangelical Left And The Politization Of Evangelicalism / David R. Swartz -- Conclusion : How An Evangelical Won The Bancroft Prize / Mark Noll. Edited By Darren Dochuk, Thomas S. Kidd, And Kurt W. Peterson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Puritan Beginnings Chapter 1: Jonathan Edwards and the Study of His Eighteenth-Century World Chapter 2: Jonathan Edwards: A Life Chapter 3: Jonathan Edwards and Francis Asbury Part II: Protestantism’s Century Chapter 4: The Evangelical Mind and the Historians Chapter 5: The Evangelical Mind and the New School Presbyterian Experience Chapter 6: The African American Great Awakening and Modernity, 1866–1900 Part III: Protesting Modernity Chapter 7: Marsden and Modern Fundamentalism Chapter 8: Fundamentalism and American Culture Chapter 9: Reorienting American Religious History in the Age of Global Christianity Chapter 10: A Gilded Age Modernist Chapter 11: The Interdenominational Evangelicalism of D. L. Moody and the Problem of Fundamentalism Part IV: Pluralism’s Challenge Chapter 12: Marsden and Secularization Chapter 13: The Soul of the American University Chapter 14: More Than a Footnote? Chapter 15: The Southernization of the Evangelical Mind Part V: Pluralism’s Blessing Chapter 16: Marsden and Fundamentalist Resurgence Chapter 17: Reforming Fundamentalism Chapter 18: Missionary Realities and the New Evangelicalism in Post–World War II America Chapter 19: The Evangelical Left and the Politicization of Evangelicalism Conclusion Appendix Selected Bibliography of George Marsden's Works List of Contributors Index