Successor to C. E. Corwin's A manual of the Reformed Church in America ( formerly Reformed Protestant Dutch Church) 1628-1922, 5th ed., 1922.

This volume contains the names of all the more than 6,000 ministers and missionaries who have worked for the Reformed Church in America from its beginning in 1628 to the present. Accompanying each name is brief biographical information including birth date, marriage, education, and fields of service. The volume also serves as a directory for all of the churches established during the past 372 years along with the ministers who have served them. Appendices provide a chronological list of congregations, the presidents of the General Synod, theological professors, and RCA missionaries.

"A rare combination of scholarship and wit. Delightful for anyone seeking insight on the Dutch in modern America." - George Marsden In this scholarly yet entertaining book, James D. Bratt takes a look at the Dutch in America from the late 19th century to the present. A comprehensive study of an ethnic subculture, the book is in large part a study of the groups religious history as well, since, as Bratt points out, the contours of the Dutch presence in America have been overwhelmingly shaped by the church and its subsidiary organizations. Although the book is extensively and scrupulously documented, Bratt has infused his scholarship with a considerable amount of anecdote that is by turns poignant and tragic and hilarious. In Bratts analysis of the fitful progress of Americanization that this close-knit religious community has undergone, we are treated to the sharp insights of a bemused and sometimes disaffected insider. Included is a chapter on novelists Arnold Mulder, David Cornel DeJong, Frederick Manfred, and Peter DeVries - four sons of the Dutch who fled the subculture only to reflect upon it almost obsessively from the outside. Well written, scholarly, and highly readable Dutch Calvinism in Modern America will have wide appeal among both academic and general readers. James D. Bratt is Professor of history at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.