The chance of salvation : a history of conversion in America /

The Chance of Salvation offers a history of conversions in the United States which shows how religious identity came to be a matter of choice. Shortly after the American Revolution, people in the United States increasingly encountered an expanded array of religious options. Evangelical Protestants b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mullen, Lincoln A., 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Temas:
Conversion > Christianity > History.
Proselytizing > United States > History.
Religious pluralism > United States > History.
Christianity and other religions > United States.
Conversion > Christianisme > Histoire.
Prosélytisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Christianisme > Relations > États-Unis.
RELIGION > Christian Life > General.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Christianity.
Conversion > Christianity.
Interfaith relations.
Proselytizing.
Religious pluralism.
United States > Church history.
États-Unis > Histoire religieuse.
United States.
Church history.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Religion as choice
  • Prayer: Protestant converts and the sinner's prayer
  • Gift: Cherokee converts and the reception of missions
  • Hope: African American converts and the jubilee
  • Kingdom: Mormon converts and the primitive gospel
  • Sincerity: Jewish converts and resistance to missions
  • Repose: Catholic converts and the rejection of the sect system
  • Conclusion "Maybes are the essence of the situation."

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