American Congregations, Volume 2

Preface
Introduction by James P. Wind and James W. Lewis
Part One: Congregations in Context
1. Toward a History of American Congregations
E. Brooks Holifield
2. The Place of the Congregation in the Contemporary American Religious Configuration
R. Stephen Warner
3. The Christian Congregation as a Religious Community
Langdon Gilkey
4. Public and Private: Congregation as Meeting Place
Martin E. Marty
Part Two: Congregations and Traditions
5. Congregations and the Bearing of Traditions
Dorothy C. Bass
6. Congregational Studies as Practical Theology
Don S. Browning
Part Three: Congregations and Leadership
7. Patterns of Leadership in the Congregation
Jay P. Dolan
8. The Safest Place on Earth: The Culture of Black Congregations
Robert Michael Franklin
Afterword
Contributors
Index