Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

pt. 1 Puritan and evangelical practice in New England, 1630-1800: Writing as a protestant practice: devotional diaries in early New England/ Catherine A. Brekus-- Forgiveness, from the Puritans to Jonathan Edwards/ Mark Valeri

pt. 2 Mission, Nation, and Christian practice, 1820-1940: Assembling bodies and souls, missionary practices/ Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp-- Honoring elders, practices of sagacity and deference in Ojibwe Christianity/ Michael D. McNally-- Nurturing religious nationalism, Korean Americans in Hawaii/ David K. Yoo-- Re-forming the church, preservation, renewal, and restoration in American Christian architecture in California/ Roberto Lint Sagarena

pt. 3 Devotional practices and modern predicaments, 1880-1920: Acting faith, practices of religious healing in late-nineteenth-century protestantism/ Heather D. Curtis-- Observing the lives of the saints, Sanctification as practice in the church of God in Christ/ Anthea D. Hutler-- The practice of prayer in a modern age, liberals, fundamentalists and prayer in the early twentieth century/ Ric Ostrander

pt. 4 Liberal protestants and universalizing practices, 1850-1965: Cosmopolitan piety, sympathy, comparative religions and nineteenth-century liberalism/ Leigh E. Schmidt-- The practice of dance for the future of Christianity, eurythmic worship in the New York's roaring twenties/ Tisa J. Wenger-- Taste cultures, the visual practice of liberal protestantism, 1940-1965/ Sally M. Promey