A History of American Christianity

History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon primarily highlights the glories and triumphs of christianity's development in the united states. In particular, the author focuses on how all kinds of Christians from many different countries have met and come together in America. Optimistically, Bacon looks forward to a future in which these christians can live united in faith. Contents: Providential Preparations for the Discovery of America French Christianity in America Puritan Beginnings of the Church in Virginia Maryland and the Carolinas Dutch Calvinists and Swedish Lutherans The Church in New England. The Middle Colonies and Georgia The Eve of the Great Awakening The Great Awakening Close of the Colonial Era Reconstruction The Second Awakening Organized Beneficence Conflicts With Public Wrongs A Decade of Controversies and Schisms The Great Immigration The Civil War After the Civil War The Church in Theology and Literature Tendencies Toward a Manifestation of Unity

Leonard Woolsey Bacon (1830 - 1907) was an American clergyman, born in New Haven, Connecticut. He was a social commentator and a prolific author on religious, social, and historical matters. In social, political, and religious issues of his times, he often broke with the traditions of his countrymen, sometimes causing 'great sensation.'