Books by Curtis D. Johnson

Analyzing the struggle by evangelical Protestants for the mind and soul of America in the decades before the Civil War, Johnson lucidly explores the nature of the evangelical message, the conflict of ideas within the movement, and the influence of these forces-both immediate and far-reaching-on American culture. American Ways Series.

Through an examination of religious life in a typical northern rural locale Cortland County, New York from 1790 to 1860, Curtis D. Johnson adds to our understanding of the Second Great Awakening."