Introduction: Doctrine of discord: predestination in American Christianity
The predestinarian labyrinth: historical background
The agony and the ecstasy: predestination in New England puritanism
"Shall the hellish doctrine stand?" Enlightenment doubts and evangelical division
From Methodists to Mormons: attacking predestination in the young republic
Domesticating a doctrine: Catholics and Lutherans
Debating a doctrine: Presbyterians and Baptists
Epilogue: The purpose-driven life? Predestination and the decline of mystery.
