The Presbyterians (denominations In America (paperback)) [Paperback]

In a brief, narrative survey, Balmer and Fitzmier trace the history of the Presbyterian tradition, from its roots in Europe to its manifestations in contemporary America. The six chapters cover the European origins of Presbyterianism; the growth of Presbyterianism in the Northern and Southern states during the nineteenth century; and the development of Presbyterianism in twentieth-century America. Concluding with aChronology and Bibliographic Essay, this is an ideal text for courses in Church History, American Religious History, or American social and cultural history.

RANDALL BALMER is Associate Professor of Religion at Barnard College, Columbia University. He has published numerous articles in scholarly journals, and is the author ofA Perfect Babel of Confusion: Dutch Religion and English Culture in the Middle Colonies(1989) andMine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into Evangelical Subculture in America
JOHN R. FITZMIER is Associate Dean of Vanderbilt University Divinity School. An authority on American religious history, his special interests include the separation of Church and State and Jonathan Edwards. He has contributed to several books, and his articles have appeared in journals such as the Religious Studies Review.

Foreword
Preface
Reformed Theology and the Development of Presbyterianism
The Colonial Era
Northern Presbyterianism in the Nineteenth Century
Southern Presbyterianism in the Nineteenth Century
American Presbyterianism to the Mid-Twentieth Century
American Presbyterianism in an Ecumenical Age
A Chronology of American Prebyterianism
Bibliographic Essay
Index