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Grant Us Courage : Travels Along the Mainline of American Protestantism
by Balmer, Randall
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0195100867
- ISBN 13
- 9780195100860
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About This Item
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996. Balmer, professor of religion at Columbia, crisscrosses America, this time to revisit the 12 churches that, in 1950, were chosen by the readers of Christian Century magazine as America's "great" mainline Protestant congregations. In so doing, the author provides his 1995 readers with 12 vivid snapshots of the tremendous changes in American religious life. He concludes that while several of the 1950 12 still have remarkable life, none would now be known as "great." (In 1950, for instance, one of the "powerful" churches reported that nearby schools all checked its calendar before making up theirs; the reverse is now true.) From their position of overweening confidence in 1950, most of the 12 have now been marginalized by the surrounding culture. Balmer is an engaging and challenging commentator with a sprightly style, and his concluding essay on the state of the American church is absolutely penetrating. 154 pages. Previous owners name on Ffep. Red line remainder mark on bottom edge of book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Grant Us Courage : Travels Along the Mainline of American Protestantism
- Author
- Balmer, Randall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0195100867
- ISBN 13
- 9780195100860
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- American Protestantism, Religion, Protestants, Church, Liberalism, Liberal, Christian
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