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Practicing Protestants
. Ed(S): Maffly-Kipp, Laurie F.; Schmidt, Leigh Eric; Valeri, Mark
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Description for Practicing Protestants
Paperback. Breaking new ground in ritual studies and cultural history, Practicing Protestants offers a distinctive history of American Protestant practice. Editor(s): Maffly-Kipp, Laurie F.; Schmidt, Leigh Eric; Valeri, Mark. Series: Lived Religions. Num Pages: 376 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRCC2; HRCC9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
This collection of essays explores the significance of practice in understanding American Protestant life. The authors are historians of American religion, practical theologians, and pastors and were the twelve principal researchers in a three-year collaborative project sponsored by the Lilly Endowment. Profiling practices that range from Puritan devotional writing to twentieth-century prayer, from missionary tactics to African American ritual performance, these essays provide a unique historical perspective on how Protestants have lived their faith within and outside of the church and how practice has formed their identities and beliefs. Each chapter focuses on a different practice within a particular social ... Read more
This collection of essays explores the significance of practice in understanding American Protestant life. The authors are historians of American religion, practical theologians, and pastors and were the twelve principal researchers in a three-year collaborative project sponsored by the Lilly Endowment. Profiling practices that range from Puritan devotional writing to twentieth-century prayer, from missionary tactics to African American ritual performance, these essays provide a unique historical perspective on how Protestants have lived their faith within and outside of the church and how practice has formed their identities and beliefs. Each chapter focuses on a different practice within a particular social ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
Lived Religions
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801883620
SKU
V9780801883620
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About . Ed(S): Maffly-Kipp, Laurie F.; Schmidt, Leigh Eric; Valeri, Mark
Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp is an associate professor of religious studies and American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Leigh E. Schmidt is a professor of religion at Princeton University. Mark Valeri is the E. T. Thompson Professor of Church History at the Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education.
Reviews for Practicing Protestants
Each of the essays in Practicing Protestants offers rewarding insights into some facet of American religion.
David Fillingim Studies in American Culture 2007 Thoughtful, thought provoking, well researched, well written, and engaging... A wonderful showcase of the scholarship of American church historians.
Kenneth B. Bedell Journal of Contemporary Religion 2008 A unique perspective into a burgeoning field... Will ... Read more
David Fillingim Studies in American Culture 2007 Thoughtful, thought provoking, well researched, well written, and engaging... A wonderful showcase of the scholarship of American church historians.
Kenneth B. Bedell Journal of Contemporary Religion 2008 A unique perspective into a burgeoning field... Will ... Read more