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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... established church—recognized and supported by the government to the exclusion of all others—or a dissenting sect, composed of a small number of zealous believers who pursued their independent course outside the law and frequently at ...
... established church—recognized and supported by the government to the exclusion of all others—or a dissenting sect, composed of a small number of zealous believers who pursued their independent course outside the law and frequently at ...
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... establishing permanent outposts in what is now the United States. From early in the seventeenth century, it was rather the British who established colonial outposts through which English language, laws, values, and religion would, by ...
... establishing permanent outposts in what is now the United States. From early in the seventeenth century, it was rather the British who established colonial outposts through which English language, laws, values, and religion would, by ...
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... established as distinctively American patterns of living. It also began to acquire ideological dimensions, as those already established in power exerted pressure on the newly arrived to conform to their patterns, and as the government ...
... established as distinctively American patterns of living. It also began to acquire ideological dimensions, as those already established in power exerted pressure on the newly arrived to conform to their patterns, and as the government ...
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... establish—or, more properly reestablish—an efficacious relationship between two or more realms of being. The content and ... established a basic pattern for the proper relationship between the human and the divine. Before anything more ...
... establish—or, more properly reestablish—an efficacious relationship between two or more realms of being. The content and ... established a basic pattern for the proper relationship between the human and the divine. Before anything more ...
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... established and traditional religions outlawed, the Yoruba adapted their ancestral practices to the symbolism of the Catholic pantheon of saints, who became identified with various orishas. Santería shrines thus ostensibly honor ...
... established and traditional religions outlawed, the Yoruba adapted their ancestral practices to the symbolism of the Catholic pantheon of saints, who became identified with various orishas. Santería shrines thus ostensibly honor ...
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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