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The American Republic, A Nation of Christians by Paul R Dienstberger The American Republic, A Nation of Christians by Paul R Dienstberger Self Published 2000 http://www.prdienstberger.com/ Cover “Constitution Day Montage” from www.gettyimages.com, not with original ebook. From web page (below) If you have read David Barton, Gary DeMar, or Catherine Millard, then you have an expectation of the type of book that I've written. If you are frustrated about the content of American history textbooks and you are looking for a Christian perspective, then this book may be of interest to you. Do you feel history has been revised, rewritten, maybe censored, or Christian influence has just been omitted? If you are looking for an American history supplemental textbook, that attempts to show a Christian bearing on the USA, then glance at the table of contents below. Contents Contents ........................................................................................................ 1 The Prelude ................................................................................................. 6 Chapter 1, The Search For Spiritual Purpose ............................. 14 The Renaissance and The Reformation ................................... 14 Christopher Columbus .................................................................... 15 The Defeat of the Spanish Armada ............................................ 17 Hakluyt & Purchas and Jamestown & Pocahontas .............. 19 The Pilgrims, The Mayflower, and Squanto ........................... 23 The Great Migration ......................................................................... 25 Colonial Laws and Charters .......................................................... 26 Colonial Education ............................................................................ 29 Colonial Literature ............................................................................ 35 The Puritans and John Calvin ....................................................... 36 Indian Evangelism ............................................................................ 39 Jeremiads: Falling Away in New England ............................... 41 Other Colonies .................................................................................... 45 Influential Biographies ................................................................... 50 Chapter 2, The First Great Awakening .......................................... 55 The Early Stirrings ............................................................................ 57 Jonathan Edwards ............................................................................. 59 George Whitefield ............................................................................. 61 Old Lights and New Lights ............................................................ 64 1 The South .............................................................................................. 66 The Impact on Society ..................................................................... 67 The prominent people of the Great Awakening: .................. 71 Chapter 3, The Search for Reason ................................................... 73 Introduction in 1760 ....................................................................... 73 Congregational and Republican Governments ..................... 74 Prelude to Independence ............................................................... 75 Year One: The New England Phase ............................................ 78 Declaration of Independence ....................................................... 82 The War for Independence: .......................................................... 85 Articles of Confederation: .............................................................. 93 The Northwest Ordinance and The Federal Convention: 95 Comparison to the French Revolution: ................................. 100 The Postwar Church: .................................................................... 104 Chapter 4, The Camp Meeting Revival Period ........................ 107 The East: ............................................................................................ 109 The West: Logan County Kentucky: ....................................... 111 More West: The Cane Ridge Meeting: .................................... 115 The Camp Meetings: ...................................................................... 123 The Methodists and the Circuit Riders: ................................ 124 The East Again and C.G. Finney: ............................................... 127 The Growth of Christianity: ....................................................... 132 American Foreign Missions: ...................................................... 134 The Benevolent Empire: .............................................................. 137 2 The West Again and the Wars: ................................................. 138 Chapter 5, The Search for Reform 1835-58 ............................. 142 The State of the Church, 1835: ................................................. 144 The Religious Racket .................................................................... 152 The Utopian Societies: ................................................................. 158 Expansion from Sea to Shining Sea: ....................................... 161 The Reforms: .................................................................................... 165 The Abolition Movement: ........................................................... 169 Chapter 6, The Noonday Prayer Revival ................................... 179 Prologue To Renewal ................................................................... 180 Panic of 1857: .................................................................................. 183 And This is The Record:............................................................... 185 Jeremiah Calvin Lanphier: .......................................................... 187 The Fulton Street Meetings: ...................................................... 190 The New York Meetings Expand: ............................................ 192 The Awakening Amplified: ......................................................... 194 The Remarkable Results on American Christianity: ....... 197 The Awakening to the Uttermost parts of the World: .... 200 The Civil War: .................................................................................. 204 A. Whose side is God On? ............................................................ 207 B. Ministry to the Soldiers. ......................................................... 208 C. Revival in the Camps: .............................................................. 210 D. Who's Who on The Lord's Side: .......................................... 212 E. The Presidents: Davis and Lincoln ..................................... 217 3 Chapter 7, The Search for Holiness ............................................. 225 The Reconstruction and Negro Education: ......................... 229 Education and The Church: ........................................................ 234 The Holiness Movement: ............................................................ 237 Dwight L. Moody: ........................................................................... 240 The Philanthropists ....................................................................... 248 The Preachers and their Dilemma: ......................................... 252 The Social Gospel: .......................................................................... 256 Organizations: ................................................................................. 261 The Temperance Movement: .................................................... 264 The End of the Century: ............................................................... 267 Chapter 8, The Welsh-Pentecostal Revival 1900- 1920 ..... 274 The Welsh Revival: ........................................................................ 279 The American Phase: .................................................................... 282 The Pentecostal Phase: ................................................................ 289 Worldwide Results ........................................................................ 294 Billy Sunday ...................................................................................... 298 A Modern Church for a New Century: ................................... 305 The Great War: The First World War: ................................... 310 Chapter 9, The Search for Renewal ............................................. 319 The Roaring Twenties: ................................................................. 319 The Postwar Church and The Twenties: .............................. 322 Education and The Scopes Monkey Trial: ............................ 329 Modernist-Fundamentalist Debate: ....................................... 333 4 A Wealth of Ideas: .......................................................................... 337 The Mass Media and The Radio Preachers: ........................ 339 American Catholic Church:......................................................... 344 The Great Depression ................................................................... 357 New Old-Time Religion: .............................................................. 365 World War Two: ............................................................................. 372 Chapter 10, The Non Establishment