America's Religions: From Their Origins to the Twenty-first CenturyA classroom perennial and comprehensive guide, America's Religions lays out the background, beliefs, practices, and leaders of the nation's religious movements and denominations. The fourth edition, thoroughly revised and updated by Peter W. Williams, draws on the latest scholarship. In addition to reconsidering the history of America's mainline faiths, it delves into contemporary issues like religion's impact on politics and commerce; the increasingly high profile of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam; Mormonism's entry into the mainstream; and battles over gay marriage and ordination. |
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... Jewish Tradition 31 chapter 4. From the Religion of the Hebrews to the Restoration of Israel 39 2. Christianity East and West 50 chapter 5. The Eastern Orthodox Tradition 50 chapter 6. The Roman Catholic Tradition 58 chapter 7. Western ...
... Jewish Tradition 31 chapter 4. From the Religion of the Hebrews to the Restoration of Israel 39 2. Christianity East and West 50 chapter 5. The Eastern Orthodox Tradition 50 chapter 6. The Roman Catholic Tradition 58 chapter 7. Western ...
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... Jewish Community 408 Jewish Identity and Jewish Culture in Modern America 413 Vatican II and the End of the Catholic “Ghetto” 424 Roman Catholic Education, Thought, and Culture 433 The Religions of Spanish-Speaking Peoples 444 African ...
... Jewish Community 408 Jewish Identity and Jewish Culture in Modern America 413 Vatican II and the End of the Catholic “Ghetto” 424 Roman Catholic Education, Thought, and Culture 433 The Religions of Spanish-Speaking Peoples 444 African ...
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... Jewish and Christian traditions (including the Bible) or with the history of their own nation. Whatever tooth ... Jews, and Christians—who provided the cultural stock out of which the nation's traditions developed. In chapters introduced ...
... Jewish and Christian traditions (including the Bible) or with the history of their own nation. Whatever tooth ... Jews, and Christians—who provided the cultural stock out of which the nation's traditions developed. In chapters introduced ...
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... Jewish to Native American. Robert Orsi, although not rejecting historical narrative, supplemented it with oral interviews in his Madonna of 115th Street (1985) and Thank You, Saint Jude (1996), to try to delineate the thoughts and ...
... Jewish to Native American. Robert Orsi, although not rejecting historical narrative, supplemented it with oral interviews in his Madonna of 115th Street (1985) and Thank You, Saint Jude (1996), to try to delineate the thoughts and ...
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... Jewish, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and various Reformation (Protestant) strains. In addition, those traditions—more diverse and diffuse because not recorded in writing—of Native Americans and Africans are sketched as well. Later ...
... Jewish, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and various Reformation (Protestant) strains. In addition, those traditions—more diverse and diffuse because not recorded in writing—of Native Americans and Africans are sketched as well. Later ...
Contents
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Early America Europeans Colonials and Traditional Peoples before the Revolution | 105 |
Houses of Worship From Old World to New | 165 |
Religious Community Formation in the New Republic | 177 |
The End of the Frontier and the Rise of the CIty | 243 |
American Judaism | 329 |
The Twentieth Century and Beyond Further Encounters with Modernity and Pluralism | 343 |
Culture Wars and Great Awakenings | 519 |
Further Reading | 539 |
Index | 551 |
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