American Protestantism

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Protestantism branch of Christianity religious tradition

American Protestantism is the diverse body of Protestant Christian traditions in the United States, shaped by early Puritan roots and later waves of evangelical, mainline, and fundamentalist movements.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
American Presbyterianism	1
American Protestants	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Protestantism ⓘ branch of Christianity ⓘ religious tradition ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developedFrom	colonial-era Protestantism in North America ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	congregational autonomy (in many churches) ⓘ denominational diversity ⓘ emphasis on Bible reading ⓘ emphasis on personal conversion ⓘ varied worship styles ⓘ
hasDenominationalFamily	Adventist churches in the United States ⓘ Anabaptist and Mennonite churches in the United States ⓘ Anglican and Episcopal churches in the United States ⓘ Baptist churches in the United States ⓘ Holiness churches in the United States ⓘ Lutheran churches in the United States ⓘ Methodist churches in the United States ⓘ Non-denominational churches in the United States ⓘ Pentecostal churches in the United States ⓘ Reformed churches ⓘ surface form: Presbyterian and Reformed churches in the United States Restorationist churches in the United States ⓘ
hasDoctrine	justification by faith ⓘ priesthood of all believers ⓘ sola scriptura ⓘ
hasHistoricalRoot	English Puritanism ⓘ Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Reformation Protestantism
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Korean ⓘ Spanish ⓘ various immigrant languages in the United States ⓘ
hasMovement	Black Protestant churches ⓘ surface form: Black Protestantism in the United States Charismatic movement in the United States ⓘ Evangelicalism in the United States ⓘ Fundamentalism (Christian) in the United States ⓘ Holiness movement in the United States ⓘ Mainline Protestantism in the United States ⓘ Pentecostalism in the United States ⓘ Restorationism ⓘ surface form: Restorationism in the United States
hasOrganization	Pentecostal churches ⓘ surface form: Assemblies of God USA Church of God in Christ ⓘ Church of the Nazarene (USA) ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ⓘ National Association of Evangelicals ⓘ National Council of Churches ⓘ Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ surface form: Presbyterian Church (USA) Seventh-day Adventist Church ⓘ surface form: Seventh-day Adventist Church (North American Division) Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ United Methodist Church ⓘ
hasPractice	Sunday school ⓘ adult baptism (in many denominations) ⓘ congregational worship ⓘ infant baptism (in some denominations) ⓘ missionary activity ⓘ revival meetings ⓘ
hasTheologicalFamily	Protestant ⓘ
influencedBy	Fundamentalist–modernist controversy ⓘ Great Awakening ⓘ Second Great Awakening ⓘ Christian social gospel ⓘ surface form: Social Gospel movement
influences	American culture ⓘ American education ⓘ American politics ⓘ American social reform movements ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Star Papers → associatedWithMovement → American Protestantism ⓘ

Barton W. Stone → hasInfluenceOn → American Protestantism ⓘ

Charles Hodge → influenced → American Protestantism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Presbyterianism

Puritanism → influenced → American Protestantism ⓘ

Yale Lectures on Preaching → influencedBy → American Protestantism ⓘ

Six Sermons on Intemperance → intendedAudience → American Protestantism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Protestants

Fundamentalist–modernist controversy → mainTopic → American Protestantism ⓘ