American Religious History [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Porterfield Amanda
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 p.)
• Disciplina: 200.973; 200/.973
• Soggetto topico: Religion -- History; United States - Religion; United States -- Religion
• Persona (resp. second.): PorterfieldAmanda
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: American Religious History; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; About the Contributors; Introduction; PART I HISTORICAL ESSAYS; I ERRAND INTO THE WILDERNESS; 2 EXCHANGING SELVES, EXCHANGING SOULS: CONTACT, COMBINATION, AND AMERICAN RELIGIOUS HISTORY; 3 SHOUTING METHODISTS; 4 PROTESTANTISM AS ESTABLISHMENT; 5 AMERICAN FUNDAMENTALISM: THE IDEAL OF FEMININITY; 6 CATHOLICISM AND AMERICAN CULTURE: STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL; 7 CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM; 8 "INTRODUCTION," THE FACES OF BUDDHISM IN AMERICA; 9 STRIVING FOR MUSLIM WOMEN'S HUMAN AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE RIGHTS - BEFORE AND BEYOND BEIJING: ; PART II PRIMARY DOCUMENTS10 A MODEL OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY (I 630); I1 EXAMINATION OF MRS. ANNE HUTCHINSON (I 637); 12 A KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA (I 643); 13 POEMS (I 640-1 665); 14 THE NATURE OF TRUE VIRTUE (I 765); 15 ACT FOR ESTABLISHING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (I 779); 16 THE CODE OF HANDSOME LAKE (CA. 1800); 17 WHAT A REVIVAL OF RELIGION IS (I 834); 18 THE LIFE AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JARENA LEE (I 836); 19 NATURE (I 836); 20 POEMS (I 863-1 864); 21 THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: ITS CONSTITUTION, TENDENCIES, AND DESTINY (I 865); 22 OUR COUNTRY'S PLACE IN HISTORY (I 869) ; 23 PRE-EXISTENCE OF OUR SPIRITS (I 872)24 SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES (I 875); 25 A FUNCTION OF THE SOCIAL SETTLEMENT (I 899); 26 THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE (I 902); 27 THE SCOFIELD REFERENCE BIBLE (I 909); 28 CHRISTIANITY AND LIBERALISM (1923); 29 FROM UNION SQUARE TO ROME (1939); 30 THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN JEW (1948); 31 "FOREWORD," THE SACRED PIPE (I 953); 32 "SUNFLOWER SUTRA" (I 955) AND "KADDISH" (I 958); 33 NONVIOLENCE AND RACIAL JUSTICE (I 957); 34 GOD'S JUDGMENT O F WHITE AMERICA (I 963); 35 "PREFACE," THE PROTESTANT ESTABLISHMENT (I 964) ; 36 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (I 966)37 BEYOND GOD THE FATHER (1973); 38 CEREMONY (I 977); 39 "AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM," PUBLIC LAW 95-34 I (I 978); 40 SEXISM AND GOD-TALK (I 983); 41 THE VOICE O F SARAH (1990); 42 THOUGHTS WITHOUTATHINKER (I 995); 43 ACTIVE FAITH (I 996); Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this outstanding historical reader, the editor has gathered nine essays and over thirty primary documents to present a coherent picture of the history of American religion.
• Titolo autorizzato: American Religious History
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790181703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History