List of Illustrations List of Figures List of Tables // Preface to the Second Edition // 1 A New Approach to American Religious History // 2 The Colonial Era Revisited // 3 The Upstart Sects Win America, 1776-1850 // 4 The Coming of the Catholics, 1850-1926 // 5 Methodists Transformed, Baptists Triumphant // 6 Why Unification Efforts Fail // 7 Why "Mainline" Denominations Decline’ // Appendix: Profile Tables, 1776 and 1850 Notes // Reference List // Index