America: A Sketch of Its Political, Social, and Religious Character

Philip Schaff

Published by Harvard University Press 1961

America

A Sketch of Its Political, Social, and Religious Character

Philip Schaff
Edited by: Perry Miller

Volume 64 in the series The John Harvard Library

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674864795

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
TO THE AMERICAN READER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
PART I. Importance, Political System, National Character, Culture, and Religion of the United States
I. SIZE AND GROWTH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
II. POLITICAL CONDITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
III. NATIONAL CHARACTER AND SOCIAL LIFE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
IV. SCIENCE AND LITERATURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
V. RELIGION AND THE CHURCH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
PART II. The Churches and Sects
I. GENERAL ECCLESIASTICAL CONDITION OF THE UNITED STATES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
II. THE SEVERAL CHURCHES AND SECTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
PART III. Germany and America
I. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NORTH AMERICA FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
II. THE POSITION AND WORK OF THE GERMAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN AMERICA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
III. THE DUTY OF THE GERMAN EVANGELICAL MOTHER-CHURCH TOWARDS HER DAUGHTER IN AMERICA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1961
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Front matter: 35
- Main content: 241
Keywords: United States -- Religion.; United States -- Church history.; United States -- Civilization.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674864795

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1961
ISBN: 9780674864788