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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... conservative Protestants found their way into the political and social mainstream. As more and more outsiders were thus brought into this “mainstream,” the very notion of an American religious and cultural mainstream began to grown ...
... conservative Protestants found their way into the political and social mainstream. As more and more outsiders were thus brought into this “mainstream,” the very notion of an American religious and cultural mainstream began to grown ...
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... that of the interaction of individual religious groups with the broader social order. It is that story and those stories which I will now try to tell. part i the traditions A. Oral Traditions According to conservative introduction 11.
... that of the interaction of individual religious groups with the broader social order. It is that story and those stories which I will now try to tell. part i the traditions A. Oral Traditions According to conservative introduction 11.
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... conservative estimates by archaeologists, writing on tablets dates back to roughly the middle of the fourth millennium b.c. (3500–3300), whereas the earliest alphabets used in the ancient Near East appeared less than four thousand years ...
... conservative estimates by archaeologists, writing on tablets dates back to roughly the middle of the fourth millennium b.c. (3500–3300), whereas the earliest alphabets used in the ancient Near East appeared less than four thousand years ...
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... Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist branches of American Judaism in what is certainly a distinctive departure from tradition. Among many traditional Jews even today, one of the primary the jewish tradition 33.
... Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist branches of American Judaism in what is certainly a distinctive departure from tradition. Among many traditional Jews even today, one of the primary the jewish tradition 33.
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... Conservative congregations. The latter traditions also may add, or substitute, a confirmation ceremony later in one's teens. Early marriage and the bearing of children was traditionally encouraged among Jews, although contemporary ...
... Conservative congregations. The latter traditions also may add, or substitute, a confirmation ceremony later in one's teens. Early marriage and the bearing of children was traditionally encouraged among Jews, although contemporary ...
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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America's Religions: From Their Origins to the Twenty-first Century Peter W. Williams Limited preview - 2002 |
America's Religions: From Their Origins to the Twenty-first Century Peter W. Williams Limited preview - 2008 |
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