America's Religions: From Their Origins to the Twenty-first CenturyIn this comprehensive survey, Williams offers concise descriptions of the background, beliefs, practices, and leaders of America's most influential and distinctive religious movements and denominations. Thoroughly revised and updated, this third edition of America's Religions incorporates the latest scholarship on religion and considers timely issues such as status of Muslims in the United States after September 11, 2001; the impact of religion on American politics, especially concerning the emergence of the Religious Right; and the intense battles fought within the Catholic Church and other denominations over the status of gay marriage and accusations of clergy members' sexual abuse. This edition also includes thirty-eight new illustrations of key persons in American religious history and notable places of worship. |
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... example of a creation myth : “ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth . " Whether and how this statement may be literally , historically true is still the subject of heated controversy among American Christians today ...
... example of a creation myth : “ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth . " Whether and how this statement may be literally , historically true is still the subject of heated controversy among American Christians today ...
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... example , a group of Protestant evangelicals who had earlier organized themselves as the Evangelical Orthodox Church ( EOC ) were received into the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America , a community of primarily ...
... example , a group of Protestant evangelicals who had earlier organized themselves as the Evangelical Orthodox Church ( EOC ) were received into the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America , a community of primarily ...
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... example of the power of rumor and the ongoing need in society to find scapegoats when anxiety is in the air . Apocalypticism and Millennialism The turn of the millennial century- “ Y2K ” -became the occasion of alarms and excursions ...
... example of the power of rumor and the ongoing need in society to find scapegoats when anxiety is in the air . Apocalypticism and Millennialism The turn of the millennial century- “ Y2K ” -became the occasion of alarms and excursions ...
Contents
THE TRADITIONS | 13 |
The Sundering of Western Christendom and the Emergence of the Protestant Traditions | 78 |
The Lutheran Tradition | 79 |
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