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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... immigration from widely scattered parts of the world continued to bring to the United States large numbers of adherents of religious traditions, such as Islam and Hinduism, which had previously been represented in religious narratives ...
... immigration from widely scattered parts of the world continued to bring to the United States large numbers of adherents of religious traditions, such as Islam and Hinduism, which had previously been represented in religious narratives ...
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... immigration, British culture, slavery and race, democracy, populism, capitalism, nationalism, pluralism, and Americanization. Mobility has been a continuing fact of life not only for the United States and its colonial antecedents but ...
... immigration, British culture, slavery and race, democracy, populism, capitalism, nationalism, pluralism, and Americanization. Mobility has been a continuing fact of life not only for the United States and its colonial antecedents but ...
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... immigrants from all over the world, not all peoples and their cultures have found themselves on an equal footing upon ... immigration out of Africa to the colonies and the subsequent United States prior to the Civil War was involuntary ...
... immigrants from all over the world, not all peoples and their cultures have found themselves on an equal footing upon ... immigration out of Africa to the colonies and the subsequent United States prior to the Civil War was involuntary ...
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... immigration restriction and prayer in the public schools. A final theme that must be addressed before proceeding to the broader story is that of Americanization. Americanization is an elusive term: it is a process that has been ongoing ...
... immigration restriction and prayer in the public schools. A final theme that must be addressed before proceeding to the broader story is that of Americanization. Americanization is an elusive term: it is a process that has been ongoing ...
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... immigrants. As we have already noted, their ancestors probably arrived from Siberia in pursuit of big game. Secondly, like later immigrants and more settled Americans as well, they were a mobile people, ultimately fanning out from the ...
... immigrants. As we have already noted, their ancestors probably arrived from Siberia in pursuit of big game. Secondly, like later immigrants and more settled Americans as well, they were a mobile people, ultimately fanning out from the ...
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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