cam a22 4500 528859536 CHVBK 20200831144810.0 m d cr |n |||||||| 170208s2017 maua sb 001 0 eng|d 978-0-674-97562-0 (alk. paper) 978-0-674-98263-5 (ebook) (SERSOL)ssib032186511 (WaSeSS)ssib032186511 MiAaPQ eng MiAaPQ MiAaPQ WaSeSS rda BR517 .M85 2017 248.2/40973 23 Mullen Lincoln A. 1984- author The chance of salvation a history of religious conversion in America Lincoln A. Mullen Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2017 1 online resource (380 pages) illustrations text txt rdacontent/eng computer c rdamedia/eng online resource cr rdacarrier/eng Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : Religion as choice -- Prayer: Protestant converts and the sinner's prayer -- Gift: Cherokee converts and the reception of missions -- Hope: African American converts and the jubilee -- Kingdom: Mormon converts and the primitive gospel -- Sincerity: Jewish converts and resistance to missions -- Repose: Catholic converts and the rejection of the sect system -- Conclusion William James and obligatory choice. Lizenzbedingungen können den Zugang einschränken. License restrictions may limit access. The Chance of Salvation offers a history of conversions in the United States which shows how religious identity came to be a matter of choice. Shortly after the American Revolution, people in the United States increasingly encountered an expanded array of religious options. Evangelical Protestants began an effort to convert Americans, while developing new practices that emphasized conversion as an immediate choice. Their missionary effort extended to Native American nations such as the Cherokee in the Southeast, who received Christianity on their own terms. Enslaved and newly freed African Americans likewise created a variety of Christian conversion that was centered on religious hope and eschatological expectation. Mormons, drawing on earlier Protestant practices and beliefs, enthusiastically proselytized for a new tradition that emphasized individual choice and free will. By uncovering the way that religious identity is structured as an obligatory decision, this book explains why Americans change their religions so much, and why the United States is both highly religious in terms of religious affiliation and very secular in the sense that no religion is an unquestioned default.-- Description based on print version record. Conversion Christianity History Proselytizing United States History Religious pluralism United States History Christianity and other religions United States United States Church history Print version Mullen, Lincoln A. Chance of salvation : a history of religious conversion in America. 9780674975620 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780674982635 Uni Basel: Volltext https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780674982635 Uni Bern: Volltext BK020053 XK020053 XK020000 De Gruyter PDA SSH eBooks E-Books von 360MarcUpdates PDA Package: All eBook Content, incl. OWV/AV PDA5EBK IDSBB A145 A145 145VT NELA1451809 IDSBB B405 B405 405VT NELB4052004 IDSBB 100 1- Mullen Lincoln A. 1984- author IDSBB 776 08 Mullen, Lincoln A Print version Chance of salvation : a history of religious conversion in America 9780674975620 IDSBB 856 40 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780674982635 Uni Basel: Volltext IDSBB 856 40 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780674982635 Uni Bern: Volltext SWISSBIB 492893861