Home›Sources›Between the Times: The Travail of the Protestant Establishment in America, 1900 to 1960SourcesBetween the Times: The Travail of the Protestant Establishment in America, 1900 to 1960William R. Hutchison, ed., 1989Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Between the Times: The Travail of the Protestant Establishment in America, 1900 to 1960." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/between-the-times-the-travail-of-the-protestant-establishment-in-america-1900-to-1960.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Between the Times: The Travail of the Protestant Establishment in America, 1900 to 1960. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/between-the-times-the-travail-of-the-protestant-establishment-in-america-1900-to-1960Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-between-the-times-the-travail-of-the-pro, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Between the Times: The Travail of the Protestant Establishment in America, 1900 to 1960}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/between-the-times-the-travail-of-the-protestant-establishment-in-america-1900-to-1960}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXAn edited volume of essays on the twentieth century mainline Protestant establishment, in which editor William R. Hutchison coined the term "the Seven Sisters of American Protestantism" for the tradition's most institutionally dominant denominations. Use for that term's origin and for the mainline establishment's mid twentieth century institutional history.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Reliability tier 1: an edited academic volume from Cambridge University Press, a scholarly publisher whose books pass peer review before print, the strongest available form for a claim about the history of American Protestantism.NotesWell-attestedCambridge Studies in Religion and American Public Life series, edited by a Harvard historian of American religion. Use for the Seven Sisters term and the mainline establishment's twentieth century institutional history, not for any single member denomination's own internal history.CitationAuthorWell-attestedWilliam R. Hutchison, editorPublisherWell-attestedCambridge University PressPublication YearWell-attested1989Source TypeWell-attestedEdited volumeCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithProtestantism, Denominations Well-attested This source names Protestantism directly: "Hutchison coined the term "the Seven Sisters of American Protestantism" for the tradition's most institutionally dominant denominations."Source Between the Times: The Travail of the Protestant Establishment in America, 1900 to 1960William R. Hutchison, editortier 1Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.Articles, 2 claims: 2 general references.Denominations, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested8DenominationsMainline ProtestantismSourcesBetween the Times: The Travail of the Protestant Establishment in America, 1900 to 1960Holds1SourcesBetween the Times: The Travail of the Protestant Establishment in America, 1900 to 1960General References3ArticlesThe Seven Sisters and the Atlas's FiveWhat Mainline Protestantism Means as a ClassificationDenominationsMainline ProtestantismComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year