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America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln
Author	Mark Noll
Genre	Intellectual history; social history;
Published	2002
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN	978-0195182996

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Publication[edit]

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Content[edit]

America's God charts a history of Protestant evangelical theology in the United States from 1720 to 1865, focusing primarily on theology during the American Revolution and afterward.^[1]

Genre[edit]

Noll introduces the work as a "contextual history of Christian theology".^[2] Daniel Walker Howe described it as intellectual history,^[3] and historian Margaret Bendroth called it "unapologetically […] intellectual history, albeit carefully contextualized with other narratives of economic, political, and social change".^[4] Religious studies scholar Ann Taves considered it "the first extended effort to write a contextual or social history of American Protestant theology through the Civil War".^[5] According to Publishers Weekly, America's God's differs from "old-fashioned intellectual history" by grounding the history in social contexts that "shaped, and were shaped by, theology".^[6] Quoting the book, reviewer Trisha Posey called it a "social history of ideas".^[7]

Reception[edit]

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Historian Nathan O. Hatch called America's God Noll's "magnum opus" and a "magisterial synthesis" of "a lifetime of immersion" in primary sources and secondary sources.^[8]

Honors[edit]

America's God received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.^[6] The Historical Society awarded it the 2004 Eugene D. Genovese Best Book in American History Prize.^[9]

Bibliography[edit]

Books[edit]

Hatch, Nathan O. (2017). "Foreword". In Carter, Heath W.; Porter, Laura Rominger (eds.). Turning Points in the History of American Evangelicalism. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. ix–xiii. ISBN 978-0-8028-7152-7.
Modern, John Lardas (2011). Secularism in Antebellum America. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-53323-0.
Noll, Mark A. (2002). America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/0195151119.001.0001. ISBN 978-0195182996.

Journals[edit]

Ambrose, Douglas (June 2014). "Religion, Nationalism, and American Identity: Reflections on Mark Noll's America' God". [sic] – a Journal of Literature, Culture and Literary Translation. 4 (2). doi:10.15291/sic/2.4.huams.2.
Anderson, Owen (June 2003). "America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln, Mark A. Noll". Reviews in Religion & Theology. 10 (3): 259–262. doi:10.1111/1467-9418.00186. ISSN 1350-7303.
Bremer, Francis J. (March 2004). "Faith and Society: The Making of a Christian America". Reviews in American History. 32 (1): 7–13. JSTOR 30031390.
Cherry, Conrad (October 2003). "Mark A. Noll. America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln". The American Historical Review. 108 (4): 1144–1145. doi:10.1086/529834. JSTOR 10.1086/529834.
Corrigan, John (September 2004). "America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln. By Mark A. Noll". The Journal of American History. 91 (2): 595–597. doi:10.2307/3660714. JSTOR 3660714.
Doenecke, Justus D. (December 2003). "Mark A. Noll. America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln". Anglican and Episcopal History. 72 (4): 523–524. JSTOR 42612367.
Gaustad, Edwin S. (March 2005). "America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln. By Mark A. Noll". Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 73 (1): 264–267. JSTOR 4139901.
Gunn, Giles (Spring 2007). "America's Gods". American Literary History. 19 (1): 1–31. doi:10.1093/alh/ajl035. JSTOR 4123629.
Gura, Philip F. (2009). "American Primer: Religion in Early American Studies". Early American Literature. 44 (1): 179–194. JSTOR 27750119.
Hall, David D. (July 2004). "America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln. By Mark A. Noll". William and Mary Quarterly. Third Series. 61 (3): 539–544. doi:10.2307/3491808. JSTOR 3491808.
Howe, Daniel Walker (November 2004). "Two Approaches to American Theology". Modern Intellectual History. 1 (3): 399–409. doi:10.1017/S1479244304000265.
Kidd, Thomas S. (April 2005). "Theology's Nation*". The Journal of Religion. 85 (2): 293–300. doi:10.1086/427317. JSTOR 10.1086/427317.
Krabbendam, Hans (2005). "Mark A. Noll. America's God. From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln". Nederlands archief voor kerkgeschiedenis. 85: 546–548. JSTOR 24013195.
Maffly-Kipp, Laurie (September 2003). "Book Review Essay". Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. 72 (3): 634–638. JSTOR 4146267.
Moorehead, James H. (Spring 2004). "Theology in America: Just How American Was It?". Journal of Presbyterian History. 82 (1): 35–45. JSTOR 23336326.
Nesbitt, Glenn B. (July 2004). "America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln by Mark A. Noll". Themelios. 29 (3).
Posey, Trisha (Winter 2005). "Noll, Mark. America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln". Maryland Historian. 29 (1–2): 96–98.
Prothero, Stephen (January 2004). "America's God: From Jonathon Edwards to Abraham Lincoln. By Mark A. Noll". The Americas: USA. Religious Studies Review. 30 (1): 93. doi:10.1111/j.1748-0922.2004.tb00395.x.
Stein, Stephen J. (October 2003). "America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln By Mark A. Noll". Theology Today. 60 (3): 444–448. doi:10.1177/004057360306000327.
Wallace, Dewey D. (April 2005). "America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln by Mark A. Noll". Interpretation. 59 (2): 204–206. doi:10.1177/002096430505900214.
Williams, Peter W. (Spring 2005). "America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln. By Mark A. Noll". Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 35 (4): 651–652. JSTOR 3656389.

Journal of the Historical Society symposium[edit]

Bendroth, Margaret (June 2003). "Wheaton Jeremiad". Journal of the Historical Society. 3 (3–4): 439–444. doi:10.1111/j.1529-921X.2003.00073.x.
Brekus, Catherine A. (March 2003). "The Flag and the Cross". Journal of the Historical Society. 3 (2): 177–183. doi:10.1111/1540-5923.00054.
Maffly-Kipp, Laurie (June 2003b). "A Calvinist Country?". Journal of the Historical Society. 3 (3–4): 445–452. doi:10.1111/j.1529-921X.2003.00074.x.
Nelson, Naomi (March 2003). "God's Americans". Journal of the Historical Society. 3 (2): 185–191. doi:10.1111/1540-5923.00056.
Noll, Mark (June 2003). "Mark Noll Responds". Journal of the Historical Society. 3 (3–4): 461–470. doi:10.1111/j.1529-921X.2003.00076.x.
Numbers, Ronald L. (March 2003). "America's God, Nature's God". Journal of the Historical Society. 3 (2): 193–196. doi:10.1111/1540-5923.00056.
Taves, Ann (June 2003). "America's Distinctive God". Journal of the Historical Society. 3 (3–4): 453–459. doi:10.1111/j.1529-921X.2003.00075.x.
Tentler, Leslie Woodcock (March 2003). "An Evangelical Republic". Journal of the Historical Society. 3 (2): 197–203. doi:10.1111/1540-5923.00057.

American Society of Church History forum[edit]

Heyrman, Christine Leigh (September 2003). "Mark Noll's Master Systhesis". Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. 72 (3): 617–620. doi:10.1017/S0009640700100381. JSTOR 4146263.
Holifield, E. Brooks (September 2003). "Republican Dialect or European Accents? The Sound of American Theology". Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. 72 (3): 624–630. doi:10.1017/S000964070010040X. JSTOR 4146265.
Noll, Mark A. (September 2003b). "Response to Critiques of America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln". Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. 72 (3): 630–633. doi:10.1017/S0009640700100411. JSTOR 4146266.
Wacker, Grant (September 2003). "How America's God Became, Well, America's God". Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. 72 (3): 617, 620–624. doi:10.1017/S0009640700100393. JSTOR 4146264.

"Forum on Antebellum American Protestantism"[edit]

"Forum on Antebellum American Protestantism". Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. 84 (3): 608–609. September 2015. JSTOR 24537365.
Hazard, Sonia (September 2015). "Agency, the Idea of Agency, and the Problem of Mediation in America's God and Secularism in Antebellum America". Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. 84 (3): 610–615. JSTOR 24537366.
Kaloyanides, Alexandra (September 2015). "America's God and the World: Questioning the Protestant Consensus". Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. 84 (3): 625–629. JSTOR 24537369.
Logan, Dana W. (September 2015). "Republicanism: Religious Studies and Church History meet Political History". Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. 84 (3): 621–624. JSTOR 24537368.
Maskell, Caleb J. D. (September 2015). "Secularism, Synthesis, and Antebellum Evangelical Self-understanding". Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. 84 (3): 616–620. JSTOR 24537367.
Modern, John Lardas (September 2015). "Did Someone Say 'Evangelical Surge'?". Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. 84 (3): 630–637. JSTOR 24537370.
Noll, Mark A. (September 2015). "The Republican Character of Antebellum American Religion". Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. 84 (3): 637–643. JSTOR 24537371.

Magazines[edit]

"America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 249, no. 42. October 21, 2002. p. 71.
"Books of the Year: Suggestions for Giving and Getting". The Atlantic. Vol. 292, no. 5. December 2003. p. 109.
Genovese, Eugene D. (September 8–15, 2003). "God Without Thunder". The New Republic. Vol. 229. pp. 33–37.
Gilpin, Clark (December 4, 2002). "Protestantism, American Style". The Christian Century. Vol. 119, no. 25.
Marty, Martin E. (January–February 2003). "Two Religions, Indivisible". Books & Culture. Vol. 9, no. 1. pp. 16–18.
Marty, Martin E. (October 4, 2003b). "Unchanging Faith?". The Christian Century. Vol. 120, no. 2. p. 55.
Nixon, C. Robert (November 1, 2002). "Noll, Mark A. America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln". Library Journal. Vol. 127, no. 18. p. 96.

Citations[edit]

^ Stein (2003, p. 445).
^ Numbers (2003, p. 194) quotes Noll (2002, p. 3).
^ Howe (2004, p. 399).
^ Bendroth (2003, p. 441).
^ Taves (2003, p. 453).
^ ^a ^b Publishers Weekly (2002, p. 71).
^ Posey (2005, p. 97), citing Noll (2002, p. 5).
^ Hatch (2017, p. x).
^ Thomas, David. "Educating for Shalom". Graduate and Faculty Ministries (review). InterVarsity. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2024.

[1] Stein (2003, p. 445).

[2] Numbers (2003, p. 194) quotes Noll (2002, p. 3).

[3] Howe (2004, p. 399).

[4] Bendroth (2003, p. 441).

[5] Taves (2003, p. 453).

[:0-6] Publishers Weekly (2002, p. 71).

[7] Posey (2005, p. 97), citing Noll (2002, p. 5).

[8] Hatch (2017, p. x).

[9] Thomas, David. "Educating for Shalom". Graduate and Faculty Ministries (review). InterVarsity. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2024.

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