God's ambassadors : a history of the Christian clergy in America
Title:
God's ambassadors : a history of the Christian clergy in America
Author:
Holifield, E. Brooks.
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Publication Information:
Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., [2007]
©2007
Physical Description:
x, 356 pages ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
The heritage -- A bounded authority, 1493-1699 -- Association, revival, and revolution, 1700-1791 -- Professionals, populists, and immigrants, 1791-1861 -- Protestant alternatives, 1861-1929 -- Catholic order, 1861-1929 -- The Protestant ministry examined, 1930-1940 -- Ministry from revival to crisis, 1940-1970 -- Priesthood : from certainty to complexity, 1930-1970 -- A divided vocation, 1970-2005.
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ISBN:
9780802803818
Format :
Book
