American Mainline Protestants

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/American_Mainline_Protestants

GPTKB entity

Statements (95)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:characteristic	support social justice socially liberal declining membership since late 20th century emphasize ecumenism historically influential in U.S. society support ordination of women theologically moderate
gptkbp:contrastsWith	gptkb:Evangelical_Protestants gptkb:Fundamentalist_Protestants
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	19th century early 20th century
gptkbp:demographics	predominantly white middle and upper class urban and suburban
gptkbp:educationLevel	high
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	American Mainline Protestants
gptkbp:includeDenomination	gptkb:American_Baptist_Churches_USA gptkb:Anglicanism gptkb:Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_America gptkb:Presbyterian_Church_(USA) gptkb:Episcopal_Church_(United_States) gptkb:Mennonite_Church_USA gptkb:Reformed_Church_in_America gptkb:United_Church_of_Christ Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
gptkbp:influenced	U.S. politics U.S. culture U.S. education
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:membershipTrend	declining
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln gptkb:Andrew_Johnson gptkb:Barack_Obama gptkb:Bill_Clinton gptkb:Calvin_Coolidge gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt gptkb:Franklin_Pierce gptkb:George_H._W._Bush gptkb:George_Washington gptkb:Gerald_Ford gptkb:Grover_Cleveland gptkb:Harry_S._Truman gptkb:Herbert_Hoover gptkb:Hillary_Clinton gptkb:James_Buchanan gptkb:James_K._Polk gptkb:James_Madison gptkb:Jimmy_Carter gptkb:John_Adams gptkb:John_D._Rockefeller gptkb:John_Quincy_Adams gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren gptkb:Richard_Nixon gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant gptkb:Warren_G._Harding gptkb:William_Howard_Taft gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson gptkb:Chester_A._Arthur gptkb:James_A._Garfield gptkb:James_Monroe gptkb:Millard_Fillmore gptkb:Rutherford_B._Hayes gptkb:William_Henry_Harrison gptkb:John_Tyler gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkbp:organization	congregational denominational
gptkbp:politicalTendency	liberal moderate
gptkbp:populationPeak	mid-20th century
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Progressive_Christianity gptkb:Social_Gospel gptkb:World_Council_of_Churches gptkb:National_Council_of_Churches gptkb:Ecumenical_Movement Liberal Christianity
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:supports	gptkb:activist separation of church and state interfaith dialogue public education progressive theology LGBT inclusion (in some denominations) science and faith compatibility
gptkbp:worshipStyle	liturgical traditional contemporary (in some congregations)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Christian_Americans
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6