travels along the mainline of American Protestantism /
Randall Balmer
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1996
xiv, 154 p. ;
22 cm
"The chapters in this book appeared in slightly different versions in The Christian century magazine between 1991 and 1994"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
The sum of its parts : First Community Church -- Against the odds : Washington Prairie Lutheran Church -- By the numbers : First United Methodist Church -- The burden of history : First Church of Christ Congregational -- Urban lighthouse : First Presbyterian Church -- Holding true : Trinity Lutheran Church -- "Creek bank" theology : Bellevue Baptist Church -- Campus life : Collegiate United Methodist Church -- Birthright church : First United Church of Christ -- Coming home : Olive Chapel Baptist Church -- Road to recovery : First Presbyterian Church -- Some kind of magic : Mount Olivet Lutheran Church
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Liberalism (Religion)-- Protestant churches)-- History-- 20th century
Liberalism (Religion)-- United States-- History-- 20th century
Protestant churches-- United States-- History-- 20th century