Theology in America: Christian Thought From the Age of the Puritans to the Civil War

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". ix, 617pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Very mild crease to head of jacket spine. Bound in blue cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Gentle bump to head of spine. Slight warping to front board. Faint dust-spotting to text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
This book, the most comprehensive survey of early American Christian theology ever written, encompasses scores of American (truncated) theological traditions, schools of thought, and thinkers. E. Brooks Holifield examines mainstream Protestant and Catholic traditions as well as those of more marginal groups. He looks closely at the intricacies of American theology from 1636 to 1865 and considers the social and institutional settings for religious thought during this period.

The book explores a range of themes, including the strand of Christian thought that sought to demonstrate the reasonableness of Christianity, the place of American theology within the larger European setting, the social location of theology in early America, and the special importance of the Calvinist traditions in the development of American theology. Broad in scope and deep in its insights, this magisterial book acquaints us with the full chorus of voices that contributed to theological conversation in America s early years.(Publisher). (Inventory #: 16625)