Christianity in America  

Christian Music: A Global History

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Release Date: Monday, August 1, 2011

Tim Dowley's popular history of Christian music is the first to encompass all eras, regions, and varieties of this rich and vast treasure. From its Jewish... read more

What Is African American Religion?: Facets series

Release Date: Friday, July 1, 2011

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Is there really a monolithic "black church"? Distilling the arguments of Pinn's important and provocative work in Terror and Triumph , this brief work asks the... read more

Power, Politics, and the Missouri Synod: A Conflict That Changed American Christianity

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Release Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Power, Politics, and the Missouri Synod follows the rise of two Lutheran clergymen—Herman Otten and J. A. O. Preus—who led different wings of a... read more

The History of Christianity in the United States: A Fortress Introduction

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Release Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2007

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This thorough and lively overview of Christian history in the United States, from colonial times to the present, is informed by both classical and recent... read more

Mission and Menace: Four Centuries of American Religious Zeal

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Release Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Observing that Abraham Lincoln once described the United States as an "almost chosen nation," Robert Jewett offers a critical survey of the history of... read more

The Journey and Promise of African American Preaching

Release Date: Friday, April 1, 2011

African American congregations have long been celebrated as a locus for powerful, prophetic preaching, but at its best they have also embraced a strong pastoral... read more

Fortress Introduction to Black Church History

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Release Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2001

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A concise and accessible history A brief history of black Christian churches in the United States has long been needed. Larger sociological and historical... read more

Varieties of African American Religious Experience

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Release Date: Thursday, November 19, 1998

Anthony Pinn's engrossing survey highlights the rich diversity of black religious life in America, revealing manifestations of an ever-changing black... read more

Never to Leave Us Alone: The Prayer Life of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Release Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Watch Lewis Baldwin discuss his new book, Never to Leave Us Alone Find more videos like this on Fortress Forum Based on years of original... read more

The Bible and African Americans: A Brief History

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Release Date: Thursday, January 2, 2003

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The unique encounter of African Americans with the Bible has shaped centuries of spirituality and social engagement of a whole continent. Highly respected... read more