The American Republic:

TABLE OF CONTENTS copyright 2000 Paul R. Dienstberger

Prelude

Chap 1 THE SEARCH FOR SPIRITUAL PURPOSE 1607-1730

• I. The Renaissance and the Reformation
• II. Christopher Columbus
• III Spanish Armada
• IV Hakluyt & Purchas and Jamestown & Pocahontas
• V Pilgrims, Mayflower, and Squanto
• VI Great Migration
• VII Colonial Laws & Charters
• VIII Colonial Education
• IX Colonial Literature
• X The Puritans & John Calvin
• XI Indian Evangelism
• XII Jeremiahs: Falling Away in NE
• XIII Other Colonies
• XIV Influential Biographies

Chap 2 THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING 1730-1760

• I The Early Stirrings
• II Jonathan Edwards
• III George Whitefield
• IV Old Lights and New Lights
• V The South
• VI Impact on Society
• VII The prominent people of the Great Awakening:

Chap 3 THE SEARCH FOR REASON 1760 - 1800

• I 1760 Introduction
• II Congregational & Republican Governments
• III Prelude to Independence
• IV Year One: New England Phase
• V Declaration of Independence
• VI The War for Independence
• VII Articles of Confederation
• VIII NW Ordinance & Federal Convention
• IX Comparison with The French Revolution
• X Postwar Church

Chap 4. THE CAMP MEETING REVIVAL 1800-1835

• I. The East
• II. The West: Logan County Kentucky
• III More West: Cane Ridge Meeting
• IV The Camp Meetings
• V The Methodists and the Circuit Riders
• VI The East Again and C. G. Finney
• VII Growth of Christianity
• VIII American Foreign Missions
• IX Benevolent Empire
• X The West Again and Wars

Chap 5. THE SEARCH FOR REFORM 1835-1858

• I. The State of the Church, 1835
• II. The Religious Racket
• III Utopian Societies
• IV National Expansion
• V. Humanitarian Reforms
• VI The Abolition Movement

Chap 6. THE NOONDAY PRAYER REVIVAL 1858-1865

• I. Prologue to Renewal
• II. Panic of 1857
• III. And This is the Record
• IV.Jeremiah Calvin Lanphier
• V. The Fulton Street Meetings
• VI.The Other New York Meetings
• VII.The Awakening Amplified
• VIII.The Remarkable Results on American Christianity
• IX. The Awakening to the Uttermost Parts of the World
• X. The Civil War
• • A. Whose side is God On?
  • B. Ministry to the Soldiers
  • C. Revival in the Camps
  • D. Who's Who on The Lord's Side
  • E. The Presidents: Davis and Lincoln

Chap 7. THE SEARCH FOR HOLINESS 1865-1900

• I. The Reconstruction and Negro Education
• II Education and The Church
• III The Holiness Movement
• IV. Dwight L. Moody
• V. The Philanthropists
• VI. The Preachers & Their Dilemma
• VII The Social Gospel
• VIII Organizations
• IX. The Temperance Movement
• X. The Turn of the Century

Chap 8. THE 1905 REVIVAL 1900-1920

• I. The Welsh Revival
• II. The 1905 American Phase
• III. The Pentecostal Phase
• IV. The Worldwide Results
• V. Billy Sunday
• VI. Modern Church for a New Century
• VII. World War One

Chap 9. THE SEARCH FOR RENEWAL 1920-1945

• I. The Roaring Twenties
• II. The Postwar Church & The Twenties
• III. Education and The Scopes Monkey Trial
• IV. The Modernist-Fundamentalist Debate
• V. A Wealth of Ideas
• VI. The Mass Media & the Radio Preachers
• VII The American Catholic Church
• VIII The Great Depression
• IX. New Old Time Religion
• X. World War Two

Chap 10. THE NON-ESTABLISHMENT AWAKENING 1945-2000

• Introduction
• I. The Evangelical Awakening
• II. The Turbulent, Tempestuous, Disorderly, Riotous 1960's
• III The Jesus Movement
• IV The Born Again Era
• V The Moral Right
• VI. Parachurch Movement
• VII. Everyday Everywhere
• The Epilogue
• Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index of People

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