Turning Points in the History of American Evangelicalism

Lucid, authoritative overview of a major movement in American history

The history of American evangelicalism is perhaps best understood by examining itsturning points those moments when it took on a new scope, challenge, or influence. The Great Awakening, the rise of fundamentalism and Pentecostalism, the emergence of Billy Graham all these developments and many more have given shape to one of the most dynamic movements in American religious history. Taken together, these turning points serve as a clear and helpful roadmap for understanding how evangelicalism has become what it is today.

Each chapter in this book has been written by one of the world's top experts in American religious history, and together they form a single narrative of evangelicalism's remarkable development. Here is an engaging, balanced, coherent history of American evangelicalism from its origins as a small movement to its status as a central player in the American religious story.

Contributors & Topics

Harry S. Stoutonthe Great Awakening
Catherine A. Brekusonthe evangelical encounter with the Enlightenment
Jon Butlerondisestablishment
Richard Carwardineonantebellum reform
Marguerite Van Dieonthe rise of the domestic ideal
Luke E. Harlowonthe Civil War and conservative American evangelicalism
George M. Marsdenonthe rise of fundamentalism
Edith Blumhoferonurban Pentecostalism
Dennis C. Dickersononthe Great Migration
Mark Hutchinsononthe global turn in American evangelicalism
Grant WackeronBilly Graham's 1949 Los Angeles revival
Darren DochukonAmerican evangelicalism's Latin turn"