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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... traditional American values,” as have Catholic neoconservative writers such as Michael Novak. Those same groups that today view capitalism as a divinely mandated form of the economic order are in historical continuity with a tendency to ...
... traditional American values,” as have Catholic neoconservative writers such as Michael Novak. Those same groups that today view capitalism as a divinely mandated form of the economic order are in historical continuity with a tendency to ...
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... traditional religion, such as healing and the warding off of evil, manifest themselves throughout the spectrum of traditional, folk, and popular cultures. The texture of the religious life of a people who have lived for centuries ...
... traditional religion, such as healing and the warding off of evil, manifest themselves throughout the spectrum of traditional, folk, and popular cultures. The texture of the religious life of a people who have lived for centuries ...
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... traditional cultures in general and Native American peoples in particular. Religion itself, for example, is a concept for which most such cultures lack specific words. In contemporary American society, religious activity tends to become ...
... traditional cultures in general and Native American peoples in particular. Religion itself, for example, is a concept for which most such cultures lack specific words. In contemporary American society, religious activity tends to become ...
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... traditional societies, however, the religious life of a people is coextensive with the people itself, and seldom extends beyond a coherent social group. It would be as unlikely, for example, for a Navajo to adopt the religion of the ...
... traditional societies, however, the religious life of a people is coextensive with the people itself, and seldom extends beyond a coherent social group. It would be as unlikely, for example, for a Navajo to adopt the religion of the ...
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... traditional ritual lore thought to be efficacious in bringing about cures than from any special personal gifts. Disease is often thought to result from the presence in the body of a foreign object that has entered through supernatural ...
... traditional ritual lore thought to be efficacious in bringing about cures than from any special personal gifts. Disease is often thought to result from the presence in the body of a foreign object that has entered through supernatural ...
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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