Religion in America : an historical account of the development of American religious life
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Religion in America : an historical account of the development of American religious life
Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2004
7th ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 462-464) and index
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Description
For undergraduate courses in Western Religion, Modern Religions, and American Religion.
This comprehensive narrative account of religion in America from 1607 through the present depicts the religious life of the American people within the context of American society. It addresses topics ranging from the European/Puritan origins of American religious thought, encompassing the ramifications of the "Great Awakening" and the effect of nationhood on religious practice, and extending through to the shifting religious configuration of the late 20th century.
Table of Contents
I. RELIGION IN A COLONIAL CONTEXT, 1492-1789.
1. Backgrounds and Beginnings.
2. England and America.
3. The Great Awakening.
4. The Birth of the Republic.
II. THE NEW NATION, 1789-1865.
5. The Republic and the Churches.
6. Protestant Expansion and Consolidation.
7. The Broadening of Denominational Life.
8. Visions of Religious Community.
III. YEARS OF MIDPASSAGE, 1865-1918.
9. Post-Civil War America.
10. The New Americans.
11. The New Intellectual Climate.
12. New Frontiers for the Churches.
IV. MODERN AMERICA, 1918- .
13. The Shifting Religious Configuration.
14. Protestantism's Uneasy Journey to the Comfortable Fifties.
15. The Maturing of Roman Catholicism.
16. Old and New Centers.
Epilogue.
Suggestions for Further Reading.
Index.
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