Hudnut-Beumler / Silk / Walsh The Future of Mainline Protestantism in America

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-231-54503-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Reihe: The Future of Religion in America

As recently as the 1960s, more than half of all American adults belonged to just a handful of mainline Protestant denominations—Presbyterian, UCC, Disciples of Christ, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, and American Baptist. Presidents, congressmen, judges, business leaders, and other members of the elite overwhelmingly came from such backgrounds. But by 2010, fewer than 13 percent of adults belonged to a mainline Protestant church. What does the twenty-first century hold for this once-hegemonic religious group?

In this volume, experts in American religious history and the sociology of religion examine the extraordinary decline of mainline Protestantism over the past half century and assess its future. Contributors discuss the demographics of mainline Protestants; their beliefs, practices, and modes of worship; their political views and partisan affiliations; and the social and moral questions that unite and divide Protestant communities. Other chapters examine Protestant institutions, including providers of health care and education; analyze churches’ public voice; and probe what will come from a diminished role relative to other groups in society, especially the ascendant evangelicals. Far from going extinct, the book argues, the mainline Protestant movement will continue to be a vital remnant in an American religious culture torn between the contending forces of secularism and evangelicalism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hudnut-Beumler, James

Silk, Mark

Walsh, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editors’ Introduction: The Future of Religion in America, by Mark Silk and Andrew H. Walsh
Introduction, by James Hudnut-Beumler
1. The State of Contemporary Mainline Protestantism, by Graham Reside
2. The Beliefs and Practices of Mainline Protestants, by David Bains
3. Futures for Mainline Protestant Institutions, by Maria Erling
4. A Divided House, by Daniel Sack
5. The Mainline and the Soul of International Relations, by Andrew H. Walsh
Conclusion: The Quakerization of Mainline Protestantism, by James Hudnut-Beumler
Appendix A: American Religious Identification Survey: Research Design
Appendix B: American Religious Identification Survey: Future of Religion in America Survey
Appendix C: American Religious Identification Survey: Typology of Religious Groups
List of Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Silk Mark:

Mark Silk (PhD, Medieval History, Harvard) is Professor of Religion in Public Life and Director of the Leonard Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College. He is the author of Spiritual Politics: Religion and America Since World War II (Simon & Schuster, 1988), Unseular Media: Making News of Religion in America (Illinois, 1995), and (with Andrew Walsh) One Nation Divisible: How Regional Religious Differences Shape American Politics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008), among other titles; he has also codited a number of books. He is the coeditor (with Andrew Walsh) of The Future of Religion in America series (Columbia), editor of the newletter Religion in the News, and editor of the blog Spiritual Politics; former positions include editor of The Boston Review and staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His interests center on religion and public life in the United States and religion and American politics.Mark Silk (PhD, Medieval History, Harvard) is Professor of Religion in Public Life and Director of the Leonard Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College. He is the author of Spiritual Politics: Religion and America Since World War II (Simon & Schuster, 1988), Unseular Media: Making News of Religion in America (Illinois, 1995), and (with Andrew Walsh) One Nation Divisible: How Regional Religious Differences Shape American Politics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008), among other titles. He is the coeditor (with Andrew Walsh) of The Future of Religion in America series (Columbia), editor of the newletter Religion in the News, and editor of the blog Spiritual Politics; former positions include editor of The Boston Review and staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.