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Congregationalism
Congregationalism
Cooper, James F. Tenacious of Their Liberties: The Congregationalists in Colonial Massachusetts. Oxford University Press, 2002. A study of church government in Massachusetts.
Pruter, Karl. The Theology of Congregationalism. Brownist, Reprint, Borgo, 1957. 1985. Explains the doctrine and beliefs of Congregational Church.
Rohrer, James R. Keepers of the Covenant: Frontier Missions and the Decline of Congregationalism, 1774-1818. Oxford University Press, 1995. Explores the reasons for the decline in numbers from 1774, when the denomination had the largest membership in America, to the early 19th century; also presents the fascinating story of determined Congregationalist agents who carried out their New England mission in the Western frontiers in the face of considerable obstacles.
Von Rohr, John. The Shaping of American Congregationalism. Pilgrim, 1994. Explores the changes from its European antecedents.
Youngs, J. William T. The Congregationalists. Greenwood, 1990, 1998. Excellent survey and history of Congregationalism and important Congregationalists to the beginning of the 20th century.
Religion in America
Bloom, Harold. The American Religion: The Emergence of the Post-Christian Nation. Simon & Schuster, 1992. Bloom journeys through the soul of America to find out what Americans really believe.
Finke, Roger, and Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy. Rutgers University Press, 1992. Challenges popular conceptions about American religion using the metaphor of religion as free-market economy in which churches compete for members.
Glazer, Nathan. American Judaism. University of Chicago Press, 1990. How American Judaism has moved away from its traditional liberalism and is trying to come to grips with divisiveness within the Judaic community.
Hall, Douglas John. Confessing the Faith: Christian Theology in a North American Context. Fortress, 1996. Rethinking the foundational doctrines of Christian theology in light of North American history and culture.
Heyrman, Christine Leigh. Southern Cross: The Beginnings of the Bible Belt. Knopf, 1997. Details the rise of Christian conservatism in the South.
Marsden, George M. Fundamentalism and American Culture. Oxford University Press, 1982. A comprehensive and insightful history of Fundamentalism in America.
Warner, Michael, ed. American Sermons: The Pilgrims to Martin Luther King Jr. Library of America, 1999. Drawing from all religious cultures, this volume comprises literary and historical masterpieces that reflect the collective soul of America throughout its history.
Wells, David F., ed. Reformed Theology in America: A History of Its Modern Development. Baker, 1997. Surveys the differing strands of American reformed thought.

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