A History of American Christianity

Leonard Woolsey Bacon (1830 - 1907)

Published in 1897, this book describes the advent of Christianity in the United States from the landing of the first explorers with their mission to convert the natives to the time immediately following the Civil War. Bacon discusses the church's response to the social, political and religious issues of the day, and provides an introduction to the beginnings of such para-church organizations as the YMCA and American Bible Society. (Summary by KHand)

Genre(s): History, Christianity - Other

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter I Providential Preparation for the Discovery of America KHand
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Play 02 Chapter II Spanish Christianity in America KHand
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Play 03 Chapter III French Christianity in America KHand
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Play 04 Chapter IV Antecedents of Permanent Christian Colonization KHand
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Play 05 Chapter V Puritan Beginnings of the Church in Virginia KHand
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Play 06 Chapter VI Maryland and the Carolinas KHand
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Play 07 Chapter VII Dutch Calvinists and Swedish Lutherans KHand
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Play 08 Chapter VIII The Church in New England, Part 1 KHand
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Play 09 Chapter VIII The Church in New England, Part 2 KHand
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Play 10 Chapter IX The Middle Colonies and Georgia KHand
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Play 11 Chapter X The Eve of the Great Awakening, Part 1 KHand
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Play 12 Chapter X The Eve of the Great Awakening, Part 2 KHand
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Play 13 Chapter XI The Great Awaking, Part 1 KHand
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Play 14 Chapter XI The Great Awaking, Part 2 KHand
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Play 15 Chapter XII Close of the Colonial Era, Part 1 KHand
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Play 16 Chapter XII Close of the Colonial Era, Part 2 KHand
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Play 17 Chapter XIII Reconstruction, Part 1 KHand
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Play 19 Chapter XIV The Second Awakening KHand
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Play 20 Chapter XV Organized Beneficence KHand
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Play 21 Chapter XVI Conflicts of the Church With Public Wrongs, Part 1 KHand
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Play 22 Chapter XVI Conflicts of the Church With Public Wrongs, Part 2 KHand
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Play 23 Chapter XVII A Decade of Controversies and Schisms, Part 1 KHand
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Play 24 Chapter XVII A Decade of Controversies and Schisms, Part 2 KHand
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Play 25 Chapter XVIII The Great Immigration, Part 1 KHand
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Play 26 Chapter XVIII The Great Immigration, Part 2 KHand
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Play 27 Chapter XIX The Civil War KHand
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Play 28 Chapter XX After the War, Part 1 KHand
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Play 29 Chapter XX After the War, Part 2 KHand
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Play 30 Chapter XXI The Church in Theology and Literature, Part 1 KHand
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Play 31 Chapter XXI The Church in Theology and Literature, Part 2 KHand
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Play 32 Chapter XXII Tendencies Toward a Manifestation of the Unity of the American Church, Part 1 KHand
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Play 33 Chapter XXII Tendencies Toward a Manifestation of the Unity of the American Church, Part 2 KHand
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