Atlas of American Religion The Denominational

From independence to the present, the Atlas charts the evolution of the 39 major religious denominations and sects in the U.S. -- from Methodists to Congregationalists, Mormons to Jews, Church of God to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.

List of Tables and Figures

7

(3)

List of Maps

10

(3)

About the Authors

13

(1)

Acknowledgments

14

(1)

Preface

15

(2)

Organizing Religions in American History

17

(20)

The Founding Faiths and Organizational Beginnings

17

(8)

Social Change and Religious Diversification

25

(6)

Religious Consolidation in Modern America

31

(6)

Counting the Faithful: Religion and the United States Census

37

(18)

Data Sources on Religion in America

37

(1)

Early Private and Census Enumerations

38

(6)

Later Census Enumerations

44

(3)

The Church Membership Studies

47

(5)

Regional Considerations

52

(3)

The Denominational Matrix

55

(12)

In Search of Types and Processes

55

(2)

Defining Criteria for Denominations and Sects

57

(5)

Toward a Process Model

62

(5)

The Denominations

67

(40)

Introduction

67

(2)

National Denominations

69

(21)

Catholic Church

69

(3)

Southern Baptist Convention

72

(4)

United Methodist Church

76

(3)

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

79

(3)

Episcopal Church

82

(3)

Assemblies of God

85

(3)

Churches of Christ

88

(2)

Multiregional Denominations

90

(17)

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

90

(3)

Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

93

(3)

United Church of Christ

96

(3)

American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.

99

(3)

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

102

(3)

Christian Churches and Churches of Christ

105

(2)

The Sects

107

(61)

Introduction

107

(3)

Classic Sects

110

(20)

Mennonite Church

110

(2)

Cumberland Presbyterian Church

112

(3)

Free Methodist Church of North America

115

(2)

North American Baptist Conference

117

(1)

Morvavian Church in America (Unitas Fratum)

118

(4)

Evangelical Congregational Church

122

(1)

Advent Christian Church

122

(2)

Brethren in Christ Church

124

(2)

Seventh Day Baptist General Conference

126

(4)

Multiregional Sects

130

(21)

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

130

(2)

Reformed Church in America

132

(1)

International Church of the Foursquare Gospel

133

(2)

Christian Reformed Church

135

(2)

Church on the Brethren

137

(4)

Unitarian-Universalist Association

141

(2)

Baptist General Conference

143

(2)

Pentecostal Holiness Church, International

145

(2)

Friends

147

(2)

Salvation Army

149

(2)

National Sects

151

(17)

Jewish Population

151

(3)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)

154

(3)

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

157

(2)

Seventh-Day Adventists

159

(2)

Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)

161

(1)

Church of the Nazarene

162

(2)

Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)

164

(4)

Epilogue

168

(1)

Bibliography

169

(4)

Author Index

173

(1)

Subject Index

173

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Atlas of American Religion The Denominational Era, 1776-1990

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