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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... CHRISTIAN CHARITY (I630) john Winthrop EXAMINATION OF MRS. ANNE HUTCHINSON (I637) A KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA (I643) Roger Williams POEMS (I 640-l 665) Anne Bradstreet THE NATURE OF TRUE VIRTUE (I 765) jonathan Edwards ACT FOR ...
... CHRISTIAN CHARITY (I630) john Winthrop EXAMINATION OF MRS. ANNE HUTCHINSON (I637) A KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA (I643) Roger Williams POEMS (I 640-l 665) Anne Bradstreet THE NATURE OF TRUE VIRTUE (I 765) jonathan Edwards ACT FOR ...
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... Christians can be understood as disagreements about family values and their implications for individual experience, social reform, and the meaning of religious freedom, as can differences between liberal and orthodox Jews, or between ...
... Christians can be understood as disagreements about family values and their implications for individual experience, social reform, and the meaning of religious freedom, as can differences between liberal and orthodox Jews, or between ...
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... Christian society. Relying on the family as a school for individual conscience free from the corruptions of impure influence and interference, Puritans wanted to help God implement his plans for redeeming the world. Strenuous efforts to ...
... Christian society. Relying on the family as a school for individual conscience free from the corruptions of impure influence and interference, Puritans wanted to help God implement his plans for redeeming the world. Strenuous efforts to ...
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... Christian nation. But religious diversity increased after the ratification of the Constitution in 1787, and continues to increase, as a result of their willingness to live without a clear or firm link between church and state. In ...
... Christian nation. But religious diversity increased after the ratification of the Constitution in 1787, and continues to increase, as a result of their willingness to live without a clear or firm link between church and state. In ...
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... Christian nation, which Puritans had first foreseen. This American interpretation of Catholicism emphasized the transforming power of the Holy Spirit in the lives of individuals as well as the beauty of the sacraments and authority of ...
... Christian nation, which Puritans had first foreseen. This American interpretation of Catholicism emphasized the transforming power of the Holy Spirit in the lives of individuals as well as the beauty of the sacraments and authority of ...
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