Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to American Protestantism
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to American Protestantism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Historical Overview
- 1 Early America
- 2 From the Revolution to the Civil War
- 3 The Industrial Age: 1865–1945
- 4 Protestantism and American Culture
- Part II The Religious Culture of American Protestantism
- Part III Theological Traditions
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page ii)
4 - Protestantism and American Culture
From the Vietnam War to 9/11
from Part I - Historical Overview
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 May 2022
Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to American Protestantism
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to American Protestantism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Historical Overview
- 1 Early America
- 2 From the Revolution to the Civil War
- 3 The Industrial Age: 1865–1945
- 4 Protestantism and American Culture
- Part II The Religious Culture of American Protestantism
- Part III Theological Traditions
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page ii)
Summary
This chapter explores the shifting landscape of American Protestantism and its relationship to American culture from the 1960s to the early twenty-first century, focusing on such major themes as membership decline in mainline denominations, the growth and influence of evangelicalism, the use and impact of television and other forms of mass media, responses to political and social turmoil, debates over marriage and sexuality, and the rise of non-denominational evangelicalism and megachurches.
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- The Cambridge Companion to American Protestantism , pp. 68 - 86Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022