A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada by Mark A. Noll

Then there was no Internet, no websites for individuals and organizations, and no Wikipedia. In the more than twenty-five years that have elapsed between ending research for the first edition of this book and beginning preparation of this second edition, much-very much-has changed. Once again readers will benefit from his insights on the United States and Canada in this superb narrative survey of Christian churches, institutions, and cultural engagements from the colonial period through 2018. Now Noll has thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded his classic text to incorporate new materials and important themes, events, leaders, and changes of the last thirty years. Mark Noll’s A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada has been firmly established as the standard text on the Christian experience in North America.

“A new standard for textbooks on the history of North American Christianity.” – James Turner, University of Notre Dame “Scholars and general readers alike will gain unique insights into the multifaceted character of Christianity in its New World environment. 'An excellent study that will help historians appreciate the importance of Christianity in the history of the United States and Canada.' – The Journal of American History Much of the discussion is devoted to landmark individuals, events and organizations, and contains many biographical sketches of the era's best-known leaders - Jonathan Edwards, John and Charles Wesley, George Whitefield, Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, John Newton, Hannah More - along with many lesser-known figures.A best-selling text thoroughly updated, including new chapters on the last 30 years The primary focus is on Britain and North America historical links to Europe and then connections to Africa, Australia and beyond are also important. This volume provides a coherent, multi-national narrative of the origins, development and rapid diffusion of evangelical movements in their first two generations, from the 1730s to the 1790s. THE RISE OF EVANGELICALISM: THE AGE OF EDWARDS, WHITEFIELD AND THE WESLEYS The series offers provocative interpretations as well as factual details, provides extensive bibliographical references and is accessible to a wide readership.

The five volumes are united by their use of a common definition of evangelicalism that stresses conversion, reliance on Scripture, activism (especially in evangelism) and the centrality of the cross of Christ. This series presents, for the first time, a connected history of evangelical movements throughout the English-speaking world, from the 1730s to the 1990s.

A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada by Mark A. Noll