A History of American Christianity: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A History of American Christianity, credited to Leonard Woolsey Bacon, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of A History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon. Read in English by KHand Published in 1897, this book describes the advent of Christianity in the United States from the landing of the first explorers with their mission to convert the natives to the time immediately following the Civil War. Bacon discusses the church's response to the social, political and religious issues of the day, and provides an introduction to the beginnings of such para-church organizations as the YMCA and American Bible Society. (Summary by KHand)

Recording facts

• Recording title: A History of American Christianity
• Author credits: Leonard Woolsey Bacon
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 33
• Listed recording duration: 10:46:36

Catalogue topics

• christian history

Opening tracks: first 24 of 33

1. 01 - Chapter I Providential Preparation for the Discovery of America — 7:48
2. 02 - Chapter II Spanish Christianity in America — 15:05
3. 03 - Chapter III French Christianity in America — 23:50
4. 04 - Chapter IV Antecedents of Permanent Christian Colonization — 13:52
5. 05 - Chapter V Puritan Beginnings of the Church in Virginia — 25:03
6. 06 - Chapter VI Maryland and the Carolinas — 21:50
7. 07 - Chapter VII Dutch Calvinists and Swedish Lutherans — 21:29
8. 08 - Chapter VIII The Church in New England, Part 1 — 21:31
9. 09 - Chapter VIII The Church in New England, Part 2 — 20:24
10. 10 - Chapter IX The Middle Colonies and Georgia — 25:10
11. 11 - Chapter X The Eve of the Great Awakening, Part 1 — 23:42
12. 12 - Chapter X The Eve of the Great Awakening, Part 2 — 16:28
13. 13 - Chapter XI The Great Awaking, Part 1 — 19:57
14. 14 - Chapter XI The Great Awaking, Part 2 — 20:09
15. 15 - Chapter XII Close of the Colonial Era, Part 1 — 22:22
16. 16 - Chapter XII Close of the Colonial Era, Part 2 — 23:28
17. 17 - Chapter XIII Reconstruction, Part 1 — 19:01
18. 18 - Chapter XIII Reconstruction, Part 2 — 17:11
19. 19 - Chapter XIV The Second Awakening — 23:36
20. 20 - Chapter XV Organized Beneficence — 22:58
21. 21 - Chapter XVI Conflicts of the Church With Public Wrongs, Part 1 — 21:17
22. 22 - Chapter XVI Conflicts of the Church With Public Wrongs, Part 2 — 25:29
23. 23 - Chapter XVII A Decade of Controversies and Schisms, Part 1 — 19:33
24. 24 - Chapter XVII A Decade of Controversies and Schisms, Part 2 — 15:43

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