American Conservatism's Journey

This work provides an account of American Conservatism's Journey from church to state through nearly six decades.  The author's personal experience and study have combined to create this analysis of modern American denominations. The book observes the growth of ecclesiastical and political conservatism, as a plant with roots in the Reformation that sprouted and has spread its seeds into the twenty-first century.  The imagery of travel and nature is woven through the study to account for the pervasive influence of American Conservatism from Church to State, 1960-2016.

About the Author

William Traugott is a writer in both fiction and history.  He has authored a novel and three collections of short stories—particularly on subjects of the American Southwest that reflect his environmental concerns.  Within his trilogy on science and religion is an analytical history of the reformer Martin Luther and the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.  Educated and experienced in theology, Dr. Traugott writes of the changes encountered by American Christianity going into the twenty-first century.  Churches’ ecumenical intents have resulted in unity denominationally as well as in reactions creating new American entities—all part of the author’s career and writing.