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American Christianity: An Historical Interpretation with Representative Documents (Volume II: 1820-1960)

Author: H. Shelton Smith with Robert T. Handy and Lefferts A. Loetscher
ISBN #: B000FP67YI
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Publisher Location: New York
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: very good
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1963
Volume 2 only. Very light wear to the book, a touch more to the tips, corners and edges of the jacket; previous owner's bookplate, else clean and unmarked. First edition/printing. "A" present.Part 2 of a 2 volume study of the history and development of Christianity in America by three religious scholars of the the first half of the 20th century. H. Shelton Smith was a scholar of Christianity who spent most of his career as a professor at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. He received his B.A. from Elon College (now Elon University), was ordained as a minister by the United Church of Christ, and served in 1918–1919 as first lieutenant and chaplain with the American Expeditionary Force in France. Rev. Handy served as a pastor, an army chaplain, a college instructor, and a professor of church history for 36 years at Union Theological Seminary, where he retired as Henry Sloane Coffin Professor of Church History. He was a writer, an editor, and also served as Adjunct Professor of Religion at Columbia University. Lefferts A. Loetscher was an Associate Professor of Church History at Princeton Theological Seminary. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.