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UNINA9910451919803321 |
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Autore |
Butler Jon <1940-> |
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Titolo |
Religion in American life [[electronic resource] ] : a short history / / Jon Butler, Grant Wacker, and Randall Balmer |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-16237-X |
9786611162375 |
0-19-804426-7 |
1-4356-1797-5 |
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Edizione |
[Updated ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (537 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WackerGrant <1945-> |
BalmerRandall Herbert |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
United States Religion |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-463) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; PREFACE; RELIGION IN COLONIAL AMERICA; CHAPTER ONE: Worlds Old and New; CHAPTER TWO: Religion and Missions in New Spain and New France; CHAPTER THREE: Religion in England's First Colonies; CHAPTER FOUR: The Flowering of Religious Diversity; CHAPTER FIVE: African and American Indian Religion; CHAPTER SIX: Reviving Colonial Religion; CHAPTER SEVEN: Religion and the American Revolution; RELIGION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA; CHAPTER EIGHT: Prophets for a New Nation; CHAPTER NINE: Awakeners of the Heart; CHAPTER TEN: Reformers and Visionaries; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Restorers of Ancient Ways |
CHAPTER TWELVE: Sojourners at HomeCHAPTER THIRTEEN: Warriors for God and Religion; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Fashioners of Immigrant Faiths; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Innovators in a World of New Ideas; CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Conservers of Tradition; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Adventurers of the Spirit; RELIGION IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: A New Century; CHAPTER NINETEEN: The Age of Militancy; CHAPTER TWENTY: In God We Trust; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Religion in the New Frontier; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: Religion in an Age of |
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Upheaval; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: Preachers, Politicians, and Prodigals |
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: Religion for the New MillenniumEPILOGUE; CHRONOLOGY; FURTHER READING; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Perhaps surprising in a country without a national church, religion has played a powerful role in American life. Now, in the new paperback edition of Religion in American Life, three of the country's most eminent historians of religion offer a superb overview that spans four centuries, illuminating the rich spiritual heritage central to nearly every event in our nation's history. Jon Butler begins by describing the state of religious affairs in both the Old and New Worlds on the eve of colonization. He traces the progress of religion in the colonies through the time of the American Revolution, |
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