The Search for Christian America
Mark A. Noll
Nathan O. Hatch
George M. Marsden
Softcover in good condition with some edge wear. There are approximately 22 pages with highlighting but it does not interfere with the readability of the text.
188 pages, second printing 1984, ISBN 0891072853.
How Christian Was "Christian America"?
In the wake of widespread, rapid changes in personal and social morality, many American leaders are calling for a return to the ways of the past--or to what is often called "Christian America."
This book takes a long and careful look at the "Christian America" question. Among the issues examined are these: Was it authentic Christianity that characterized early America's religious climate? What was the relationship between the Great Awakening and the American Revolution? How much were American political institutions influenced by authentic, biblical Christianity? What negative effects does wrong thinking about America's past have on Christian thought and action in relation to today's problems?
In this important book, the authors argue that the key to understanding the present lies in a proper understanding of the past. A past romanticized or a past debunked--each is wrong in its own way. The former tends to foster a false idealism, while the latter breeds cynicism. It is only by coming to grips with the true nature of America's past that we can have a firm base from which to engage the vast moral and spiritual problems facing our nation today.
Publisher's Note
Looks at life in Puritan New England, the American Revolution, secular humanism, and myths about the past from a Christian perspective.
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