The Rowman & Littlefield handbook of contemporary christianity in the United States / Mark A. Lamport.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lamport, Mark A.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Rowman & Littlefield handbook series.

The Rowman & Littlefield handbook series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--United States.

Christianity.

United States--Church history--21st century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (581 pages)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2023.

Other Title:

Contemporary Christianity in the United States

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Campus eBookstore Inc - CEI, 2023.

Summary:

This one-volume handbook examines Christianity's contributions to and conflicts with the contemporary culture of the postmodern United States. Chapters present historical, cultural, and theological context for the ways conservative, mainline, and evangelical Christian traditions have influenced and responded to modern life.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

About the Editor, Introduction and Afterword Contributors, and Editorial Advisory Board

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: American Christianities and Stories

Snapshot: Four Centuries of Christianity in the United States

SECTION ONE. ENDURING LEGACIES IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT

CHAPTER 1. The Changing Role of Christianity in American Life

CHAPTER 2. Christian America, Manifest Destiny, and Other Comforting Myths

CHAPTER 3. Mainline Protestantism and the Rise and Fall of Denominationalism

CHAPTER 4. Christian Nationalism and a Place in the Public Square

CHAPTER 5. The Influence of Religious Unbelief on Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 6. The Sociological Phenomenon of Contemporary Megachurches

CHAPTER 7. Economic Systems, Prosperity, and Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 8. Legal Skirmishes and Religious Freedom in Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 9. The American Presidency and Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 10. The Conflicting Hermeneutics of Contemporary Christianity

SECTION TWO. CHANGING LANDSCAPES IN CULTURAL CONTEXT

CHAPTER 11. Secularizing Culture: The Strange Brew of Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 12. Affective Piety: Feeling Faith in Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 13. Social Fragmentation: Alienation and Rejection in Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 14. Immigration Influx: The Remaking of Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 15. Millennial Clout: Generational Stylings of Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 16. Digital Church: Virtual Faith of Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 17. Controversial Truth: Exclusive Claims of Christianity Meet the Plurality of Postmodernism

CHAPTER 18. Neo-Anabaptist Countercultural Movements and Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 19. The Future of Christianity in America.

SECTION THREE. MODERN EXPRESSIONS IN THEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

CHAPTER 20. Postmodern Christianity

CHAPTER 21. African American Christianity

CHAPTER 22. Asian American Christianity

CHAPTER 23. Latinx Christianity: Conversion and Colombianidad in Queens, New York

CHAPTER 24. Catholic Christianity

CHAPTER 25. Evangelical Christianity

CHAPTER 26. Pentecostal Christianity

CHAPTER 27. Native American Christianity

CHAPTER 28. Feminism and Christianity

CHAPTER 29. The Mormon Faith in the American Religious Landscape

SECTION FOUR. POLARIZING SCUFFLES IN ETHICAL CONTEXT

CHAPTER 30. Abortion and Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 31. Euthanasia and Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 32. Ecotheology and Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 33. Clergy Sexual Abuse and Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 34. Human Trafficking and Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 35. Violence and Nonviolence in Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 36. Racism and Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 37. Politics and Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 38. Sexual Identity and Contemporary Christianity

CHAPTER 39. Superhero Culture and Contemporary Christianity

Afterword: Religious Weirding

Index

About the Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print Version Record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-42874-9

979-88-8187-986-0

1-5381-3881-6

OCLC:

1292359331