All is Forgiven â The Secular Message in American Protestantism

Witten, Marsha G.

ISBN 10: 0691032807 / ISBN 13: 9780691032801

Published by Princeton University Press, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: All is Forgiven â The Secular Message in American Protestantism
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691032807
• ISBN 13: 9780691032801
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

In recent years mail deliveries have included a new kind of invitation to Protestant Christianity: slick brochures enumerating the social and psychological advantages of church attendance--with no mention whatsoever of spiritual striving, suffering, or faith in God. Does this kind of secularity prevail not only in direct-mail Christianity but also in mainline Protestant churches? Finding the sermon to be the centerpiece of Protestant worship, Marsha Witten looks for the answer to this question in an in-depth analysis of preaching on an important New Testament text: the Parable of the Prodigal Son.

About the Author

Marsha G. Witten is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Franklin and Marshall College.