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100	1		_aRichey, Russell E.
245	1	0	_aDenominationalism _h[electronic resource] : _billustrated and explained / _cRussell E. Richey.
260			_aEugene, Or. : _bCascade Books, _cc2013.
300			_a1 online resource (xvi, 294 p.)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-294).
520			_aEvidence of mainstream denominational decline virtually throws itself in our faces -- growing religious pluralism in North America; the decline over the last half century in the salience, prestige, power, and vitality of Protestant denominational leadership; slippage in mainline membership and corresponding growth, vigor, visibility, and political prowess of conservative, evangelical, and fundamentalist bodies; patterns of congregational independence, including loosening of or removal of denominational identity, particularly in signage, and the related marginal loyalty of members; emergence of megachurches, with resources and the capacity to meet needs heretofore supplied by denominations (training, literature, expertise); growth within mainline denominations of caucuses and their alignment into broad progressive or conservative camps, often with connections to similar camps in other denominations; widespread suspicion of, indeed hostility towards, the centers and symbols of denominational identity -- the regional and national headquarters; migration of individuals and families through various religious identities, sometimes out of classic Christianity altogether. Denominationalism looks doomed and is so proclaimed. It may be. However, viewing the sweep of Anglo-American history, this volume suggests how much denominations and denominationalism have changed, how resilient they have proved, how significant these structures of religious belonging have been in providing order and direction to American society, and how such enduring purposes find ever new structural/institutional expression. -- Publisher
505	0		_aIntroduction: Denominations and denominationalism: past, present, and future -- "Catholic" Protestantism and American denominationalism -- Toleration, denominationalism, and eighteenth-century dissent -- Baptist denominationalism in eighteenth-century dissent -- Denominations, British radicalism, and the changing rationale of dissent -- Enlightenment denominations in transition: did the English Presbyterians become Unitarian? -- From Puritanism to Unitarianism in England: a study in candour -- The denomination as institution -- American denominationalism: a historical overview -- The social sources of denominationalism: Methodism -- History as a bearer of denominational identity: Methodism as a case study -- Culture wars and denominational loyalties: the Methodist version -- Denominationalism in "reformed" perspective -- Denominationalism: a theological problem?
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650		0	_aChristian sects _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xChurch history.
651		0	_aUnited States _xReligion.
650		0	_aMethodist Church _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aDissenters, Religious _zUnited States.
650		7	_aRELIGION / Christianity / Denominations _2bisacsh
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aRichey, Russell E. _tDenominationalism. _dEugene, Or. : Cascade Books, c2013 _z9781610972970 _w(OCoLC)838416224
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