American Religious HistoryAmanda Porterfield John Wiley & Sons, 2008 M04 15 - 352 pages 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. |
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... finally disestablished. Mormons were persecuted for their beliefs in New York and Illinois in the nineteenth century and Utah was not admitted to the United States until Mormons agreed to outlaw their religious practice of polygamy. In ...
... finally disestablished. Mormons were persecuted for their beliefs in New York and Illinois in the nineteenth century and Utah was not admitted to the United States until Mormons agreed to outlaw their religious practice of polygamy. In ...
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... finally gained approval in Rome during the 1960s, when the Second Vatican Council ratified a Declaration on religious freedom. Drafted by the American Jesuit John Courtney Murray with support from a strong contingent of American bishops ...
... finally gained approval in Rome during the 1960s, when the Second Vatican Council ratified a Declaration on religious freedom. Drafted by the American Jesuit John Courtney Murray with support from a strong contingent of American bishops ...
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... finally, she felt sanctified with a “rush” of “ecstasy (that) caused me to feel as if I were in an ocean of light and bliss.”3 As Americans became increasingly skillful in analyzing and managing this process of self-reconstruction, its ...
... finally, she felt sanctified with a “rush” of “ecstasy (that) caused me to feel as if I were in an ocean of light and bliss.”3 As Americans became increasingly skillful in analyzing and managing this process of self-reconstruction, its ...
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... finally an illusion. In the 1950s, Beat poets like Allen Ginsberg saw themselves both as heirs of Transcendentalists and as bringers of Buddhist insight to America. They denounced American bondage to the greedy, grasping, and finally ...
... finally an illusion. In the 1950s, Beat poets like Allen Ginsberg saw themselves both as heirs of Transcendentalists and as bringers of Buddhist insight to America. They denounced American bondage to the greedy, grasping, and finally ...
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