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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... CONSERVATIVE jUDAISM Gerson D. Cohen “INTRODUCTION,” THE FACES OF BUDDHISM IN AMERICA Charles S. Prebish STRIVING FOR MUSLIM WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS - BEFORE AND BEYOND BEIJING: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons ...
... CONSERVATIVE jUDAISM Gerson D. Cohen “INTRODUCTION,” THE FACES OF BUDDHISM IN AMERICA Charles S. Prebish STRIVING FOR MUSLIM WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS - BEFORE AND BEYOND BEIJING: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons ...
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... Jewish Theological Seminary of America from 1972 to 1986 and as Jacob H. Schiff Professor of History until his retirement in 1985. Cohen has been renowned as a spokesman for and interpreter of the Conservative movement in American Judaism ...
... Jewish Theological Seminary of America from 1972 to 1986 and as Jacob H. Schiff Professor of History until his retirement in 1985. Cohen has been renowned as a spokesman for and interpreter of the Conservative movement in American Judaism ...
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... Jewish Theological Seminary in Manhattan, Conservative Judaism emerged as a new religious movement that bridged the gap between traditional and Reform Judaism. Focusing on the importance of Jewish culture, the Conservative movement ...
... Jewish Theological Seminary in Manhattan, Conservative Judaism emerged as a new religious movement that bridged the gap between traditional and Reform Judaism. Focusing on the importance of Jewish culture, the Conservative movement ...
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... Judaism. The most obvious difference between Orthodox synagogues, where traditional practices are strictly followed, and more progressive ones developed in the United States is that Orthodox women sit separately behind a partition ...
... Judaism. The most obvious difference between Orthodox synagogues, where traditional practices are strictly followed, and more progressive ones developed in the United States is that Orthodox women sit separately behind a partition ...
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... conservative, genderrestrictive ones, but in the nineteenth century, they ... conservatives have often split over feminism. While liberals endorsed particular ... Judaism. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons sees Islamic feminism as a challenge to ...
... conservative, genderrestrictive ones, but in the nineteenth century, they ... conservatives have often split over feminism. While liberals endorsed particular ... Judaism. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons sees Islamic feminism as a challenge to ...
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