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A nation with the soul of a church : how Christian proclamation has shaped American history / O.C. Edwards Jr. ; with James Dunkly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edwards, O. C. (Otis Carl), 1928-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sermons, American.
- United States--Church history.
- United States.
- Church history.
- Christian biography--United States.
- Christian biography.
- Sermons, American--History and criticism.
- Christianity--Influence.
- Christianity.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 366 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2013]
- Summary:
- "From the very beginning, religious leaders have influenced the course of American history--sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. This book examines those Christian sermons that set or changed the course of the nation"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 "A Modell of Christian Charity": John Winthrop (1588-1649) 1
- 2 "Our Cod Sent a New Storm": Anne Hutchinson 17
- 3 "The Limit of Endurable Ecstasies": Jonathan Edwards 35
- 4 The Tolerable Catechist: Jonathan Mayhew 53
- 5 "The Impassioned Little Saint with the Burning Heart": William Ellery Channing 69
- 6 "The Cultural Priest and Visionary": Ralph Waldo Emerson 85
- 7 "I Am a South Carolinian, You Know": Benjamin Morgan Palmer 101
- 8 "In the Next Generation, I Shall Be Orthodox Enough": Henry Ward Beecher 117
- 9 "The Penniless Millionaire": Russell H. Conwell 133
- 10 A Social Evangelist: Washington Gladden 151
- 11 Casting Out Demon Rum: Billy Sunday 169
- 12 "The Great Divide," Part I: William B. Riley 187
- 13 "The Great Divide," Part II: Harry Emerson Fosdick 203
- 14 "The Most Noticeable Public Religious Voice": Charles E. Coughlin 219
- 15 "A Realist without Despair, an Idealist without Illusion": Reinhoid Niebuhr 235
- 16 "The Moral Leader of Our Nation": Martin Luther King Jr. 251
- 17 "Above All a Preacher": William Sloane Coffin Jr. 271
- 18 "America's Pastor": Billy Graham 289
- 19 An Aptly Named Prophet: Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. 305.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313393853
- 0313393850
- OCLC:
- 823041565
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