| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
361 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction / The Editors -- Pt. 1. Denominations as Local Institutions. 1. Fellowship Ties and the Transmission of Religious Identity / Daniel V. A. Olson. 2. Denominational Identity and the Church School - Teasing Out a Relationship / Mary Elizabeth Moore and Allen J. Moore. 3. Ritual and the Transmission of a Cultural Tradition: An Ethnographic Perspective / Keith A. Roberts. 4. "Songs My Mother Taught Me": Hymns as Transmitters of Faith / Linda J. Clark. 5. Women's Organizations: Centers of Denominational Loyalty and Expressions of Christian Unity / Barbara Brown Zikmund -- Pt. 2. Denominations as Translocal Institutions. 6. Places and Occasions in the Transmission of Denominational Culture: The Case of "Southern Presbyterians" / Gwen Kennedy Neville. 7. Church-Related Colleges: Transmitters of Denominational Cultures? / Dorothy C. Bass. 8. Denominational Ministry on University Campuses / Allison Stokes. |
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9. The Theological Schools: Transmission, Transformation, and Transcendence of Denominational Culture / W. Clark Gilpin. 10. Presbyterian Ordination Practice as a Case Study in the Transmission of Denominational Identity / J. Frederick Holper -- Pt. 3. Denominational Identity and Culture: Case Studies. 11. Timeless Priorities in Changing Contexts: African Americans and Denominationalism / Lawrence N. Jones. 12. Between Myth and Hard Data: A Denomination Struggles with Identity / Donald A. Luidens. 13. History as a Bearer of Denominational Identity: Methodism as a Case Study / Russell E. Richey. 14. The Meanings of a Merger: Denominational Identity in the United Church of Christ / William M. Newman. 15. Presbyterian Culture: Views from "the Edge" / Louis B. Weeks. 16. Toward a Post-Denominational World Church / Creighton Lacy -- Epilogue: Beyond Establishment, but in Which Direction? / The Editors. |
| Subject |
Protestant churches -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- Church history -- 20th century.
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| Indexed Term |
Mainline denominations |
| Added Author |
Carroll, Jackson W.
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Roof, Wade Clark.
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| ISBN |
0664253962 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780664253967 paperback alkaline paper |
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