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God's ambassadors : a history of the Christian clergy in America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holifield, E. Brooks
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2007.
Series:Pulpit and pew series.
Subjects:
Clergy > United States > History.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • The heritage
  • A bounded authority, 1493-1699
  • Association, revival, and revolution, 1700-1791
  • Professionals, populists, and immigrants, 1791-1861
  • Protestant alternatives, 1861-1929
  • Catholic order, 1861-1929
  • The Protestant ministry examined, 1930-1940
  • Ministry: from revival to crisis, 1940-1970
  • Priesthood : from certainty to complexity, 1930-1970
  • A divided vocation, 1970-2005.