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1 - Early America

from Part I - Historical Overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2022

By
Jonathan Den Hartog
Edited by
Jason E. Vickers  and
Jennifer Woodruff Tait
Jason E. Vickers
Affiliation:
Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky
Jennifer Woodruff Tait
Affiliation:
Christian History Magazine
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Summary

In Early America Protestant believers on one hand tried to continue and root their traditions in the New World, while on the other their practice was constrained, shaped, and transformed by their setting. American Protestantism in early America developed from many significant dynamics: planting European Protestantism in the New World, encountering Native American religion, reckoning with slavery, experiencing the Great Awakening and the rise of evangelicalism, defining roles for women, engaging American enlightenments, and interacting with politics. In the process, American Protestantism took on many characteristics that would long influence its course and identity.

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Great AwakeningJonathan EdwardsPuritanEnlightenment
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The Cambridge Companion to American Protestantism , pp. 9 - 29
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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