1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789285403321

Autore

Cox Stephen D. <1948->

Titolo

American Christianity : the continuing revolution / / Stephen Cox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin : , : University of Texas Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-292-75861-8

0-292-75860-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Discovering America

Disciplina

277.3

Soggetti

Christianity - United States

United States Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1. Ruins or Foundations?""; ""2. Finding Oil""; ""3. The Mainstream and the Cataracts""; ""4. The Making of Revival""; ""5. Stars That Rise and Set""; ""6. The Low Wall of Separation""; ""7. Millions Now Living Will Never Die""; ""8. Hierarchies and Revolutions""; ""9. Sermons in Stone""; ""10. The Mortal Word""; ""11. Unfinished Cathedrals""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Christianity takes an astonishing variety of forms in America, from churches that cherish traditional modes of worship to evangelical churches and fellowships, Pentecostal churches, social-action churches, megachurches, and apocalyptic churches—congregations ministering to believers of diverse ethnicities, social classes, and sexual orientations. Nor is this diversity a recent phenomenon, despite many Americans’ nostalgia for an undeviating “faith of our fathers” in the days of yore. Rather, as Stephen Cox argues in this thought-provoking book, American Christianity is a revolution that is always happening, and always needs to happen. The old-time religion always has to be made new, and that is what Americans have been doing throughout their history. American Christianity is an engaging book, wide ranging and well informed, in touch with the living reality of America’s diverse traditions and with the surprising ways in which they have developed. Radical and unpredictable change, Cox argues, is one of the few dependable features of Christianity in America. He explores how both



the Catholic Church and the mainline Protestant churches have evolved in ways that would make them seem alien to their adherents in past centuries. He traces the rise of uniquely American movements, from the Mormons to the Seventh-day Adventists and Jehovah’s Witnesses, and brings to life the vivid personalities—Aimee Semple McPherson, Billy Sunday, and many others—who have taken the gospel to the masses. He sheds new light on such issues as American Christians’ intense but constantly changing political involvements, their controversial revisions in the style and substance of worship, and their chronic expectation that God is about to intervene conclusively in human life. Asserting that “a church that doesn’t promise new beginnings can never prosper in America,“ Cox demonstrates that American Christianity must be seen not as a sociological phenomenon but as the ever-changing story of individual people seeking their own connections with God, constantly reinventing their religion, making it more volatile, more colorful, and more fascinating.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910346950603321

Autore

Richter Matthias

Titolo

Über lernende optische Inspektion am Beispiel der Schüttgutsortierung

Pubbl/distr/stampa

KIT Scientific Publishing, 2018

ISBN

1000085620

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 283 p. p.)

Collana

Schriftenreihe Automatische Sichtprüfung und Bildverarbeitung

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Automated visual inspection is an integral part in industrial manufacturing processes, but development and setup of such systems is very costly. Machine learning significantly reduces the effort of and speeds up both tasks. This work develops several machine learning methods suitable for automated visual inspection. The methods augment each other and can be used for a wide range of products.