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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Page 65
... secular clergy , who are part of the diocesan hierarchy and who answer directly to a bishop , and the regular clergy , who belong to religious orders such as the Jesuits or Dominicans and who answer to their order's superior . The term ...
... secular clergy , who are part of the diocesan hierarchy and who answer directly to a bishop , and the regular clergy , who belong to religious orders such as the Jesuits or Dominicans and who answer to their order's superior . The term ...
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... secular dimension of contemporary Jewish culture . In the realm of education , Jews again have excelled in academic pursuits far out of proportion to statistical expectations . The roots of this may lie in part in a " success ethic ...
... secular dimension of contemporary Jewish culture . In the realm of education , Jews again have excelled in academic pursuits far out of proportion to statistical expectations . The roots of this may lie in part in a " success ethic ...
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... secular humanists " is the former's passive rather than active rejection of traditional , theistic religion . Such secularists are not united in any campaign to combat or destroy religion ; they simply are not very interested in the ...
... secular humanists " is the former's passive rather than active rejection of traditional , theistic religion . Such secularists are not united in any campaign to combat or destroy religion ; they simply are not very interested in the ...
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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