New world faiths [[electronic resource] ] : religion in colonial America / / Jon Butler
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| Autore: |
Butler Jon <1940->
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| Titolo: |
New world faiths [[electronic resource] ] : religion in colonial America / / Jon Butler
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | xi, 183 p., [8] p. of plates : ill |
| Disciplina: | 200.973/0903 |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Religion To 1800 |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-166) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Worlds old and new -- Religion and missions in New Spain and New France -- Religion in England's first colonies -- The flowering of religious diversity -- African and American Indian religion -- Reviving colonial religion -- Religion and the American Revolution. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Jon Butler begins by describing the state of religious affairs in both the Old and New Worlds on the eve of colonization--and traces the progress of religion in the colonies through the time of the American Revolution. It covers all the religious groups in the colonies: Protestants, Jews, Catholics, as well as the unique religious experiences of Native Americans and African Americans. Sidebars containing primary source documents complement the narrative text. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | New world faiths |
| ISBN: | 9780198044239 |
| 0198044232 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812770903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Religion in American life.