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The History of Christianity in America

  1. Lesson One
    Introduction to the Course
    3 Activities
  2. Lesson Two
    Christianity in British Colonialism Era - Part I
    3 Activities
  3. Lesson Three
    Christianity in British Colonialism Era - Part II
    3 Activities
  4. Lesson Four
    Nature of Education in British America
    3 Activities
  5. Lesson Five
    The First Great Awakening - Part I
    3 Activities
  6. Lesson Six
    The First Great Awakening - Part II
    3 Activities
  7. Lesson Seven
    The American Revolt - Part I
    3 Activities
  8. Lesson Eight
    The American Revolt - Part II
    2 Activities
  9. Lesson Nine
    Christianity in the New American Nation
    2 Activities
  10. Lesson Ten
    Theological Seminaries
    3 Activities
  11. Lesson Eleven
    The Western Phase of the Awakening
    3 Activities
  12. Lesson Twelve
    Eighteenth Century New England Calvinism
    2 Activities
  13. Lesson Thirteen
    Charles Finney
    3 Activities
  14. Lesson Fourteen
    The Layman's Prayer Revival
    3 Activities
  15. Lesson Fifteen
    The Rise of Religious Cults/Civil War
    3 Activities
  16. Lesson Sixteen
    The Civil War and Slavery
    3 Activities
  17. Lesson Seventeen
    Christianity in the Modern Era of America
    3 Activities
  18. Lesson Eighteen
    The Rise of the Social Gospel
    3 Activities
  19. Lesson Nineteen
    Decades of Vast and Social Change
    3 Activities
  20. Lesson Twenty
    The Organization of New Denominations
    3 Activities
  21. Lesson Twenty-One
    The Structure of the Evangelical Movement
    3 Activities
  22. Lesson Twenty-Two
    The Rise of the Pentecostal Movement
    2 Activities
  23. Lesson Twenty-Three
    The Emergence of the Ecumenical Movement
    3 Activities
  24. Lesson Twenty-Four
    Current State of Mainline Denominations
    3 Activities
  25. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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Recommended Reading

Ahlstrom, Sydney E. A Religious History of the American People. 2nd edition. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004. Read pp. xi-xxiv, 1-119.

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Gaustad, Edwin and Leigh Schmidt. The Religious History of America: The Heart of the American Story from Colonial Times to Today. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2002. Read pp. ix-x, 3-29.

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Hudson, Winthrop S. Religion in America. 7th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2004. Read pp. xi-xiv, 1-48.

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Marty, Martin E. Pilgrims in their Own Land: 500 Years of Religion in America. London: Penguin Books, 1985. Read pp. viii-xii, 1-50.

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Noll, Mark A. A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1992. Read pp. 1-29.