American Originals Homemade Varieties of Christianity

Name: American Originals Homemade Varieties of Christianity
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ISBN: 9780807846490

ISBN-10: 080784649X

ISBN-13: 9780807846490

Edition: 1997

Authors: Paul K. Conkin

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In a work of striking breadth and clarity, Paul Conkin offers an even-handed and in-depth look at the major American-made forms of Christianitya diverse group of religious traditions, each of which reflects a significant break from western Christian orthodoxy. Identifying six distinctive types, Conkin examines the major denominations representative of each original variety of American Christianity: restoration (Churches of Christ, Disciples of Christ); humanistic (Unitarians, Universalists); apocalyptic (Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses); Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints); spiritual (Christian Science, Unity); and ecstatic (Holiness and Pentecostal denominations). Focusing…

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List price: $47.50
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 9/22/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.198
Language: English



Preface



Restoration Christianity Christians And Disciples



Humanistic Christianity: Unitarians and Universalists



Apocalyptic Christianity: Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses



Mormon Christianity The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints



Spiritual Christianity: Christian Science and Unity



Ecstatic Christianity: The Holiness and Pentecostal Movements


Afterword


Index