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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... early in the seventeenth century, it was rather the British who established colonial outposts through which English language, laws, values, and religion would, by the time of independence, become dominant through law and/or custom ...
... early in the seventeenth century, it was rather the British who established colonial outposts through which English language, laws, values, and religion would, by the time of independence, become dominant through law and/or custom ...
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... earliest alphabets used in the ancient Near East appeared less than four thousand years ago. The use of writing to record religious lore became important in the Western world quite early in the human experience, but even the Hebrew ...
... earliest alphabets used in the ancient Near East appeared less than four thousand years ago. The use of writing to record religious lore became important in the Western world quite early in the human experience, but even the Hebrew ...
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... early in the fall with Rosh Hashanah, the New Year, and end with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Others, such as Sukkoth and Purim, are folk festivals rather than solemn religious observances, and are not usually the occasion of ...
... early in the fall with Rosh Hashanah, the New Year, and end with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Others, such as Sukkoth and Purim, are folk festivals rather than solemn religious observances, and are not usually the occasion of ...
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... early gatherings for worship were of necessity covert, taking place in private homes or sometimes literally underground in catacombs. Another characteristic of early Christianity was what has been called its “eschatological world ...
... early gatherings for worship were of necessity covert, taking place in private homes or sometimes literally underground in catacombs. Another characteristic of early Christianity was what has been called its “eschatological world ...
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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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