Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD v
3. PREFACE vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
5. CONTENTS, VOLUME IV PARTS ONE AND TWO xiii
6. PART ONE. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDES: GENERAL SURVEYS AND HISTORIES
7. GENERAL INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 3
8. I. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDES 4
9. II. PERIODICAL INDEXES AND GUIDES 19
10. III. RELIGIOUS HISTORIOGRAPHY 22
11. IV. MISCELLANEOUS GUIDES 27
12. V. BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES 37
13. VI. GENERAL HISTORIES AND SURVEYS 55
14. VII. EUROPEAN BACKGROUND 65
15. PART TWO. EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN RELIGION
16. I. FROM STATE CHURCHES TO DISESTABLISHMENT 87
17. II. THE BATTLE FOR DISESTABLISHMENT 111
18. III. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. CONFLICTING ANTI-TRADITIONAL MOVEMENTS 117
19. IV. DEVELOPMENT OF THE STANDARD DENOMINATIONAL PATTERN 271
20. V. SECTS AND CULTS 308
21. VI. THE NEGRO CHURCH 346
22. VII. MOVEMENTS TOWARD UNITY 381
23. VIII. MISSIONS AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 415
24. IX. IMMIGRATION AND RELIGION: NEW BASIC ELEMENTS 451