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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... especially in the first section of this work, which is devoted to the religious histories of those peoples—Africans, American Indians, Jews, and Christians—who provided the cultural stock out of which the nation's traditions developed ...
... especially in the first section of this work, which is devoted to the religious histories of those peoples—Africans, American Indians, Jews, and Christians—who provided the cultural stock out of which the nation's traditions developed ...
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... especially in the realm of music, and for decades have played a dominant role in the emergence of a national popular culture. This cultural impact has been highly significant in the realm of religion as well, ranging from the prophetic ...
... especially in the realm of music, and for decades have played a dominant role in the emergence of a national popular culture. This cultural impact has been highly significant in the realm of religion as well, ranging from the prophetic ...
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... especially the various Protestant denominations who found themselves in a highly competitive market situation in the nineteenth century after the legal abolition of any religious establishment, resorted to the promotional techniques of ...
... especially the various Protestant denominations who found themselves in a highly competitive market situation in the nineteenth century after the legal abolition of any religious establishment, resorted to the promotional techniques of ...
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... especially insofar as it differs significantly from the characteristics of religion in the modernized society to which most of us have become accustomed. First, there are a number of ways of perceiving the world that are characteristic ...
... especially insofar as it differs significantly from the characteristics of religion in the modernized society to which most of us have become accustomed. First, there are a number of ways of perceiving the world that are characteristic ...
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... especially, the notion offixed space as in any way significant is virtually nonsensical. Land is provided in the order of things for human habitation and use, but it can be said to “belong” to an individual or group only insofar as they ...
... especially, the notion offixed space as in any way significant is virtually nonsensical. Land is provided in the order of things for human habitation and use, but it can be said to “belong” to an individual or group only insofar as they ...
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 - 2008 |
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