L'opera di George M. Marsden esplora in profondità l'intricato rapporto tra il cristianesimo e la cultura americana. Esamina meticolosamente come le credenze religiose abbiano plasmato il tessuto della società americana, offrendo profonde intuizioni sulla complessa interazione tra fede e civiltà. Il suo approccio accademico e la sua vasta ricerca illuminano le correnti storiche che hanno definito il panorama culturale della nazione. I lettori apprezzeranno la profondità e l'erudizione dei suoi contributi alla comprensione di questa intersezione vitale.
Drawing on deep expertise, George Marsden sets Jonathan Edwards within his historical context and sets forth his key points, unpacking the competing impulses that have shaped our times. By offering a contrasting view of God's beauty and love, Marsden shows how Edwards's insights can renew our own vision of creation, the divine, and ourselves.
How has the work of C. S. Lewis transformed the American religious landscape? With fresh research and analysis, this volume by noted historian Mark A. Noll considers the surprising reception of Lewis among Roman Catholic, mainline Protestant, and evangelical readers to see how early readings of the Oxford don shaped his later influence.
This new edition of a bestselling textbook isolates key events that provide a framework for understanding the history of Christianity.
Winner of the Christianity Today Book of the Year Award "The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind." So begins this award-winning intellectual history and critique of the evangelical movement by one of evangelicalism's most respected historians. Unsparing in his indictment, Mark Noll asks why the largest single group of religious Americans--who enjoy increasing wealth, status, and political influence--have contributed so little to rigorous intellectual scholarship. While nourishing believers in the simple truths of the gospel, why have so many evangelicals failed to sustain a serious intellectual life and abandoned the universities, the arts, and other realms of "high" culture? Over twenty-five years since its original publication, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind has turned out to be prescient and perennially relevant. In a new preface, Noll lays out his ongoing personal frustrations with this situation, and in a new afterword he assesses the state of the scandal--showing how white evangelicals' embrace of Trumpism, their deepening distrust of science, and their frequent forays into conspiratorial thinking have coexisted with surprisingly robust scholarship from many with strong evangelical connections.
America's Book shows how the Bible decisively shaped American national history even as that history decisively influenced the use of Scripture.
Fundamentalism and American Culture has long been considered a classic in religious history, and to this day remains unsurpassed. Now available in a new edition, this highly regarded analysis takes us through the full history of the origin and direction of one of America's most influential religious movements. This new edition brings the story of American fundamentalism up through the end of the Trump administration. A new concluding chapter reflects onthese intriguing developments in light of the earlier history.
KRÓTKIE WPROWADZENIE - książki, które zmieniają sposób myślenia! Protestantyzm. Wydanie przejrzane to przystępne i atrakcyjne omówienie najważniejszych zagadnień związanych z historią protestantyzmu i jego rolą we współczesnym świecie. Początki i rozkwit protestantyzmu, zachodnie i wschodnie odmiany, zielonoświątkowcy i Kościoły niezależne o tym wszystkim we wzbogaconym wydaniu Protestantyzmu! * Interdyscyplinarna seria, która pomaga zrozumieć świat. W atrakcyjny sposób prezentuje najważniejsze zagadnienia XXI w. od kultury, religii, historii przez nauki przyrodnicze po technikę. Książki idealne zarówno jako wprowadzenie do nowych tematów, jak i uzupełnienie wiedzy o tym, co nas pasjonuje. Najnowsze fakty, analizy ekspertów, błyskotliwe interpretacje. Inicjatorami serii są reprezentanci Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego: prof. Krystyna Kujawińska Courtney, prof. Ewa Gajewska, prof. Aneta Pawłowska, prof. Jerzy Gajdka, prof. Piotr Stalmaszczyk.
An illuminating Look at who evangelicals are, how evangelicalism has changed over time, and How Evangelicalism Continues to Develop in surprising ways Book jacket.
The life and times of C. S. Lewis's modern spiritual classic Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis's eloquent defense of the Christian faith, originated as a series of BBC radio talks broadcast during the dark days of World War Two. Here is the story of the extraordinary life and afterlife of this influential and inspiring book. George Marsden describes how Lewis gradually went from being an atheist to a committed Anglican—famously converting to Christianity in 1931 after conversing into the night with his friends J. R. R. Tolkien and Hugh Dyson—and how his plainspoken case for Christianity went on to become one of the most beloved spiritual books of all time.
A best-selling text thoroughly updated, including new chapters on the last 30 years "An excellent study that will help historians appreciate the importance of Christianity in the history of the United States and Canada." - The Journal of American History "Scholars and general readers alike will gain unique insights into the multifaceted character of Christianity in its New World environment. Nothing short of brilliant." - Harry S. Stout, Yale University "A new standard for textbooks on the history of North American Christianity." - James Turner, University of Notre Dame Mark Noll's A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada has been firmly established as the standard text on the Christian experience in North America. Now Noll has thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded his classic text to incorporate new materials and important themes, events, leaders, and changes of the last thirty years. Once again readers will benefit from his insights on the United States and Canada in this superb narrative survey of Christian churches, institutions, and cultural engagements from the colonial period through 2018.