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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... major features of public religion as they have unfolded in what is now the United States over the past half-millennium—the nearly five centuries since the first arrival of Europeans on the North American continent. For our purposes ...
... major features of public religion as they have unfolded in what is now the United States over the past half-millennium—the nearly five centuries since the first arrival of Europeans on the North American continent. For our purposes ...
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... major wave of conquest, colonization, and settlement— including those of indigenous peoples prior to the time of Columbus—brought with it religious institutions, beliefs, and practices as part of the larger cultural “baggage” that every ...
... major wave of conquest, colonization, and settlement— including those of indigenous peoples prior to the time of Columbus—brought with it religious institutions, beliefs, and practices as part of the larger cultural “baggage” that every ...
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... major forms of geographical mobility. Anthropologists are in general agreement that the ancestors of today's American Indians originally came across a land bridge that linked Alaska and Siberia. (Recent evidence also suggests possible ...
... major forms of geographical mobility. Anthropologists are in general agreement that the ancestors of today's American Indians originally came across a land bridge that linked Alaska and Siberia. (Recent evidence also suggests possible ...
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... major category of biblical literature is the prophetic books, of which the “major”—that is, longer—prophets, Isaiah and Jeremiah, are among the best known. The Hebrew prophets, who flourished during the eighth through the sixth ...
... major category of biblical literature is the prophetic books, of which the “major”—that is, longer—prophets, Isaiah and Jeremiah, are among the best known. The Hebrew prophets, who flourished during the eighth through the sixth ...
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... major groups of Jews, who would ultimately have a major impact on American Jewish history, emerged in the course of this process of dispersion. One of these was the Sephardim, or Sephardic Jews, who fanned out through northern Africa ...
... major groups of Jews, who would ultimately have a major impact on American Jewish history, emerged in the course of this process of dispersion. One of these was the Sephardim, or Sephardic Jews, who fanned out through northern Africa ...
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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