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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... Jews, Catholics, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and Wiccans have all claimed freedom of religious expression as their right, while conservative Protestants have often wanted to limit the definition of religion to certain forms of adherence ...
... Jews, Catholics, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and Wiccans have all claimed freedom of religious expression as their right, while conservative Protestants have often wanted to limit the definition of religion to certain forms of adherence ...
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... Jews, or between African American and immigrant Muslims. This identification of basic elements of American religious life does not mean that a rigid boundary exists between religion in the United States and religion elsewhere, or that ...
... Jews, or between African American and immigrant Muslims. This identification of basic elements of American religious life does not mean that a rigid boundary exists between religion in the United States and religion elsewhere, or that ...
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... Jews at Ivy League schools, and excluding Jews from membership in country clubs. In Baltzell's opinion, this sort of behavior amounted to a betrayal of the principles of freedom, individuality, and honest work on which the country was ...
... Jews at Ivy League schools, and excluding Jews from membership in country clubs. In Baltzell's opinion, this sort of behavior amounted to a betrayal of the principles of freedom, individuality, and honest work on which the country was ...
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... Jews in America were profoundly influenced by Puritan idealism about America and they, in turn, contributed to the advancement of religious freedom in this country and to explanations about its essential place in American democracy ...
... Jews in America were profoundly influenced by Puritan idealism about America and they, in turn, contributed to the advancement of religious freedom in this country and to explanations about its essential place in American democracy ...
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