Formed from this soil : an introduction to the diverse history of religion in America / / Thomas S. Bremer

• Autore: Bremer Thomas S. <1957->
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015; �2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 444 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits
• Disciplina: 200.973
• Soggetto geografico: United States Religion
• Classificazione: 162.53; 200.973
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Formed From This Soil: An Introduction to the Diverse History of Religion in America; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prelude for Instructors: A Decentered Narrative of American Religious History; Beginnings: The Diversity of Religion in America; Part I New Worlds; Chapter 1 Encounters; African Encounters; European Conquests in America; Native Encounters; New Worlds of Contact; Questions for Discussion; Suggested Primary-Source Readings; Notes; Chapter 2 Reformations; Religious Upheavals; Colonizing America; Reforming Native Religions of America and Africa ; New Worlds of Reformed AuthoritiesQuestions for Discussion; Suggested Primary-Source Readings; Notes; Chapter 3 Conflicts and Persecutions; Native Revolutions; Improvements upon the Land; Captivities; The Diversity of Religious Conflicts; Questions for Discussion; Suggested Primary-Source Readings; Notes; Chapter 4 Resistance, Revival, and Revolution; Resisting Slavery; Reviving Religious Fervor; A New Nation; The Limits of Liberty; Questions for Discussion; Suggested Primary-Source Readings; Notes; Part II The New Nation; Chapter 5 An Expanding Nation; America in the Pacific World ; A New AwakeningA Nation Enslaved; Expansion; Questions for Discussion; Suggested Primary-Source Readings; Notes; Chapter 6 The Many Religious Voices; Women's Voices; Displaced Voices; Immigrant Voices; Restorationist Voices; The Diversity of Religious Voices in America; Questions for Discussion; Suggested Primary-Source Readings; Notes; Chapter 7 One Nation; Spiritual Purposes; A Nation Divided; The Nation at War; Reconstructing the Nation; Diverse Voices of the Unified Nation; Questions for Discussion; Suggested Primary-Source Readings; Notes; Chapter 8 Changing Society; New Lands ; New PeopleNew Religious Ways; America's Double Consciousness; Questions for Discussion; Suggested Primary-Source Readings; Notes; Part III The Modern World; Chapter 9 Modern Worlds; Science; Religious Responses to Modern Sciences; Migrations; Global America; Questions for Discussion; Suggested Primary-Source Readings; Notes; Chapter 10 Cold War and Civil Rights; Religion of the Nation; Clash of Classes; Confronting Racial Apartheid; Liberated People; Questions for Discussion; Suggested Primary-Source Readings; Notes; Chapter 11 A Spiritual Nation; Spiritual Immigrants; Religious Bodies ; Spiritual BorderlandsReligious America; Questions for Discussion; Suggested Primary-Source Readings; Notes; Chapter 12 Crossing Borders; Rethinking America and Religion; Questions for Discussion; Suggested Primary-Source Reading; Notes; Glossary; Index; End User License Agreement
• Sommario/riassunto: Formed from This Soil offers a complete history of religion in America that centers on the diversity of sacred traditions and practices that have existed in the country from its earliest days. Organized chronologically starting with the earliest Europeans searching for new routes to Asia, through to the global context of post-9/11 America of the 21st centuryIncludes discussion of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, political affiliations, and other elements of individual and collective identityIncorporates recent scholarship for a nuanced history that goes beyon
• Titolo autorizzato: Formed from this soil
• ISBN: 1-394-26095-4; 1-4051-8927-4; 1-118-32354-8; 1-118-32353-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787029203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New York Academy of Sciences