Now thousands of facts related to the 500-year history of Christianity in America are right at your fingertips. BASED ON THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DICTIONARY OF CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA, THIS CONCISE DICTIONARY INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF BRIEF, UP-TO-DATE & INFORMATIVE ENTRIES on denominations & traditions; missionaries & evangelists; beliefs & practices; colleges & seminaries; women & ethnic groups; theologians, educators & writers; lay & denominational leaders; mission societies & social welfare organizations; & historical events, movements & struggles. Praise for the DICTIONARY OF CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA: "The single most important volume on religion in the U.S. during 1990...Warmly, wholeheartedly, & enthusiastically recommended."--ADRIS NEWSLETTER. Editors include DANIEL G. REID, reference book editor at InterVarsity Press; ROBERT D. LINDER, professor of history at Kansas State University; BRUCE L. SHELLEY, professor of church history at Denver Seminary; & HARRY S. STOUT, professor of American religious history at Yale University. The work was condensed by freelance editor CRAIG A. NOLL. To order contact: Baker & Taylor, Riverside, Spring Arbor, Ingram or write InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400 Downers Grove, IL 60515. Phone: 800-843-7225, FAX: 708-887-2520.