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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... churches and church leaders whose purpose is only to guide, not legislate, the religious beliefs and practices of affiliated churches and individual church members, whose authority in matters of conscience is often recognized. In the ...
... churches and church leaders whose purpose is only to guide, not legislate, the religious beliefs and practices of affiliated churches and individual church members, whose authority in matters of conscience is often recognized. In the ...
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Amanda Porterfield. notorious) for exercising individual choice on matters of Church doctrine, especially birth control, which American Catholics practice at about the same rate as other Americans despite their Church's oflicial ban ...
Amanda Porterfield. notorious) for exercising individual choice on matters of Church doctrine, especially birth control, which American Catholics practice at about the same rate as other Americans despite their Church's oflicial ban ...
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... church and state. In addition to providing legal space for the diversification of religion, the First Amendment contributed to increasing religious pluralism. Religious pluralism is related to religious diversity in much the same way ...
... church and state. In addition to providing legal space for the diversification of religion, the First Amendment contributed to increasing religious pluralism. Religious pluralism is related to religious diversity in much the same way ...
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... church and state. From the beginning, many of those who have championed the negatively phrased prohibition against ... Church of England had to suifer second-class status until 1833, when the Congregational Church was finally ...
... church and state. From the beginning, many of those who have championed the negatively phrased prohibition against ... Church of England had to suifer second-class status until 1833, when the Congregational Church was finally ...
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... church and state, even though the authorities of their Church in Rome disfavored and even denounced those principles. Like Orestes Brownson, a New England Transcendentalist and friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson,. l0 INTRODUCTION.
... church and state, even though the authorities of their Church in Rome disfavored and even denounced those principles. Like Orestes Brownson, a New England Transcendentalist and friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson,. l0 INTRODUCTION.
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