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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Page xi
... contemporary account of religion as practiced in the United States. Although it is intended primarily as a textbook for use in colleges, universities, and theological schools, it may also interest the general reader as a survey of this ...
... contemporary account of religion as practiced in the United States. Although it is intended primarily as a textbook for use in colleges, universities, and theological schools, it may also interest the general reader as a survey of this ...
Page xii
... contemporary manifestations. While trying to avoid detail for its own sake, I have tried to present as full a portrait as possible of the traditions discussed here in terms of their beliefs, practices, and organizational structures as ...
... contemporary manifestations. While trying to avoid detail for its own sake, I have tried to present as full a portrait as possible of the traditions discussed here in terms of their beliefs, practices, and organizational structures as ...
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... contemporary thought and experience. These formal, public structures of religion provide the frameworks in which individuals shape their own personal religious lives. The forms of organization that have come to characterize American ...
... contemporary thought and experience. These formal, public structures of religion provide the frameworks in which individuals shape their own personal religious lives. The forms of organization that have come to characterize American ...
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... contemporary Americans have easily written off as exotically “other” or have so romantically idealized that it bears little resemblance to reality. The notions of “Americanness” and “Indianness” in themselves have always been ...
... contemporary Americans have easily written off as exotically “other” or have so romantically idealized that it bears little resemblance to reality. The notions of “Americanness” and “Indianness” in themselves have always been ...
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... contemporary American society, religious activity tends to become compartmentalized and relegated to a specific time and place, for example, Sunday morning at church. In traditional cultures, the religious or symbolic life of a people ...
... contemporary American society, religious activity tends to become compartmentalized and relegated to a specific time and place, for example, Sunday morning at church. In traditional cultures, the religious or symbolic life of a people ...
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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