A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ECCLESIOLOGY AND PRESBYTERIAN POLITY

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Some very helpful articles in "The Presbyterian Presence: the Twentieth-Century Experience" Series, published by the Westminster/John Knox Press. The first six volumes are edited by Milton J. Coalter, John M. Mulder, and Louis B. Weeks. The last volume is written by the editors.

• The Presbyterian Predicament: Six Perspectives. 1990.
• Robert Wuthnow, "The Restructuring of American Presbyterianism: Turmoil in One Denomination."
• The Mainstream Protestant "Decline": The Presbyterian Pattern. 1990.
• Donald P. Smith, "Closing the Back Door: Toward the Retnetion of Church Members."
• Jon R. Stone, "The New Voluntarism and Presbyterian Affiliation."
• The Confessional Mosaic: Presbyterians and Twentieth-Century Theology. 1990.
• Jack B. Rogers and Donald K. McKim, "Pluralism and Policy in Presbyterian Views."
• James H. Moorhead, "Redefining Confessionalism: American Presbyterians in theTwentieth Century."
• Benton Johnson, "From Old to New Agendas: Presbyterians and Social Issues in the Twentieth Century."
• Rick Nutt, "The Tie That No Longer Binds: The Origins of the Presbyterian Church in America."
• The Diversity of Discipleship: The Presbyterians and Twentieth-Century Christian Witness. 1991.
• Milton J Coalter, "Presbyterian Evangelism: A Case of Parallel Allegiances Diverging."
• Erskine Clarke, "Presbyterian Ecumenical Activity in the United States."
• The Organizational Revolution: Presbyterians and American Denominationalism. 1992.
• Louis B. Weeks, "The Incorporation of the Presbyterians."
• Richard W. Reifsnyder, "Managing the Mission: Church Restructuring in the Twentieth Century."
• Lewis L. Wilkins, Jr., "The American Presbytery in the Twentieth Century."
• D. Scott Cormode, "A Financial History of Presbyterian Congregations Since World War II."
• Gary S. Eller, "Special-Interest Groups and American Presbyterianism."
• David B. McCarthy, "The Emerging Importance of Presbyterian Polity."
• Craig Dykstra and James Hudnut-Beumler, "The National Structures of Protestant Denominations: An Invitation to a Conversation."
• The Pluralistic Vision: Presbyterians and Mainstream Protestant Education and Leadership. 1992.
• Barbara Brown Zikmund, "The Values and Limits of Representation and Pluralism in the Church."
• Richard W. Reifsnyder, "Looking for Leadership: The Emerging Style of Leadership in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 1983-1990."
• Coalter, Mulder, and Weeks, "Looking Backward: Religion and American Culture."
• Coalter, Mulder, and Weeks, "Whither the Mainstream Protestants? Membership Growth and Decline."
• Coalter, Mulder, and Weeks, "The Organizational Revolution: Denominationalism and Leadership."
• Coalter, Mulder, and Weeks, "The Predicament of Pluralism: Theology and Confessions."
• Coalter, Mulder, and Weeks, "The Varieties of Witness: The Debate Over Evangelism."
• Coalter, Mulder, and Weeks, "The Diversities of Discipleship: Missions, Racial Ethnic Ministries, Ecumenism, and Social Justice."
• Coalter, Mulder, and Weeks, "The Presbyterian Predicament: A Case of Conflicting Allegiances."
• Coalter, Mulder, and Weeks, "The Re-Forming Church: An Agenda for Reform."