| Beyond Establishment: Protestant Identity in a Post-Protestant Age Contributor(s): Carroll, Jackson W. (Editor), Roof, Wade Clark (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0664253962 ISBN-13: 9780664253967 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $36.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1993 Annotation: A novel, cultural approach to studying mainline denominations. Focusing on each denomination's religious and moral vision--the beliefs, values, symbols, and style that makes it distinct--this book features contributions from a variety of authors, historians, scholars, educators, anthropologists, and liturgists. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Christian Church - Growth - Religion | Christian Living - Social Issues |
| Dewey: 280.409 |
| LCCN: 92030370 |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 5.98" W x 8.98" (1.17 lbs) 364 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book takes a novel, cultural approach to studying mainline denominations, focusing on the denominations' religious and moral vision--the beliefs, values, symbols, stories, and style that make a denomination distinct. Of special concern are the ways in which denominations passed on their vision and how they maintained plausibility under changing circumstances. Contributors include a variety of authors, historians, sociologists, anthropologists, educators, and liturgists who examine ways in which denominations have sought to transmit their culture with varying degrees of success or failure. |
Contributor Bio(s): Carroll, Jackson W.: - Jackson W. Carroll is Williams Professor Emeritus of Religion and Society at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. Carroll is author, coauthor, or editor of fourteen books and numerous articles, and he has lectured widely, both in the United States and abroad.Roof, Wade Clark: - Wade Clark Roof is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author or editor of several books, including American Mainline Religion (with William McKinney). |