Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-602) and index.
Contents
Introduction : theology and history -- Theology in colonial America -- The long life and final collapse of the Puritan canopy -- Republicanism and religion : the American exception -- Christian republicanism -- Theistic common sense -- Colonial theologies in the era of the Revolution -- Innovative (but not "American") theologies in the era of the Revolution -- The evangelical surge ... -- ... and constructing a new nation -- Ideological permutations -- Assumption and assertions of American theology -- The Americanization of Calvinism : contexts and questions -- The Americanization of Calvinism : the congregational era, 1793-1827 -- The Americanization of Calvinism : explosion, 1827-1860 -- The Americanization of Methodism : the age of Asbury -- The Americanization of Methodism : after Asbury -- The "Bible alone" and a reformed liberal hermeneutic -- The Bible and slavery -- Failed alternatives -- Climax and exhaustion in the Civil War -- Conclusion : contexts and dogma.
