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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... PROTESTANTISM AS ESTABLISHMENT William R. Hutchison AMERICAN FUNDAMENTALISM: THE IDEAL OF FEMININITY Randal! Balmer xi Xiii 25 27 43 66 87 IOI 6 PART II I0 I4 I5 I7 CATHOLICISM AND AMERICAN. American Religious History: Contents.
... PROTESTANTISM AS ESTABLISHMENT William R. Hutchison AMERICAN FUNDAMENTALISM: THE IDEAL OF FEMININITY Randal! Balmer xi Xiii 25 27 43 66 87 IOI 6 PART II I0 I4 I5 I7 CATHOLICISM AND AMERICAN. American Religious History: Contents.
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... Protestantism, including Mines Eyes Have Seen the Glory (1993) and Grant Us Courage (1996), Balmer has written and hosted three PBS documentaries. Gerson D. Cohen served as the Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America ...
... Protestantism, including Mines Eyes Have Seen the Glory (1993) and Grant Us Courage (1996), Balmer has written and hosted three PBS documentaries. Gerson D. Cohen served as the Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America ...
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... Protestantism (1976) stands as the definitive study of liberal Protestant thought in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Perry Miller taught American Literature at Harvard University from 1931 until his death in 1963. In ...
... Protestantism (1976) stands as the definitive study of liberal Protestant thought in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Perry Miller taught American Literature at Harvard University from 1931 until his death in 1963. In ...
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... Protestants have often wanted to limit the definition of religion to certain forms of adherence to biblical tradition. Americans have continually aspired to live in a world in which the four elements of religious freedom, individual ...
... Protestants have often wanted to limit the definition of religion to certain forms of adherence to biblical tradition. Americans have continually aspired to live in a world in which the four elements of religious freedom, individual ...
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... Protestants who were highly suspicious of the control that institutions of religious authority exerted over individuals. And in all three cases, strong respect for the authority of individual conscience has functioned to limit and ...
... Protestants who were highly suspicious of the control that institutions of religious authority exerted over individuals. And in all three cases, strong respect for the authority of individual conscience has functioned to limit and ...
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