An 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.
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability 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. NotesCambridge 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.
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AuthorWilliam R. Hutchison, editor
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication Year1989
Source TypeEdited volume
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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, editor
Claims 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.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 general references.
- Denominations, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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