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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463300203321

Autore

Kerstetter Todd M. <1963->

Titolo

Inspiration and innovation : religion in the American West / / Todd M. Kerstetter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-118-84832-2

1-118-84833-0

1-118-84834-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Collana

Western History Series

Classificazione

HIS036000

Disciplina

200.978

Soggetti

Electronic books.

West (U.S.) Religion

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Inspiration and Innovation: Religion in the American West; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Suggested Reading; Chapter 1 Indigenous Religions in the West; Arctic; Sub-Arctic; Northwest Coast; Plains; Plateau; Great Basin; California; Southwest; Common Themes; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; Chapter 2 Missions to New Worlds; Spain; France; Russia; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; Chapter 3 Migrations, Manifest Destiny, and Mormons, 1803-1860; Transplanting Religions in the US Imperial Period; Protestantism; Roman Catholicism; Judaism; Asian religions

Religion and Manifest DestinyMormons and the Quest for Zion; The Mormon Question, 1852-1860; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; Chapter 4 The West and Religion in the Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1890; Protestantism in the West; Catholicism in the West; Judaism in the West; Asian Religions in the West; The Mormon Question and the Mormon Answer, 1862-1890; American Indian Religious Experiences; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; Chapter 5 Religion in the Modern West, 1890-1945; Mormonism; Catholicism; American Indians and Religion; Asian Religions and Influence



Modernism, Fundamentalism, and the Spirit of the WestWorld War I and Religion in the West; The Sunbelt and the Bible Belt; World War II and Religion in the West; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; Chapter 6 Religion in the Cold War West, 1945-1965; Religious Innovation; Buddhism and the Beats; Scientology; Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and religion; The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; The Native American Church; Hispanics and Religion in the West; Evangelicals and the Sunbelt West; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; Chapter 7 Creativity and Controversy after 1965

Immigration Reform and Asian Religions in the WestReligion in the Hispanic West; New Religious Movements; Religion and the Internet in the West; The Megachurch Boom; Religion in the Native West; Paths to the Present in Mormon Wests; Conclusion; Suggested Reading; Conclusion: The Frontier that Wouldn't Close; Index; End User License Agreement

Sommario/riassunto

"Provides straightforward explanations of key religious and theological terms and concepts"--