The Protestant Presence in Twentieth-Century America

Download or read book The Protestant Presence in Twentieth-Century America written by Phillip E. Hammond and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protestantism has undergone a shift in its relationship with American culture and politics. This book analyzes and evaluates that shift. The author shows how Protestantism began in America as a vibrant civil religion and how it developed so that, by the 1970s, its relationship with American culture and politics had changed radically. He shows how Evangelical Protestantism came into being and remains resilient. Hammond also discusses religious culture as it dealt with the courts--the separation of church and state, and the changing meaning of this doctrine.