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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... authority of individual experience has also figured prominently in American religious history. The Protestant religious revivals that swept through cities, towns, and frontier areas in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries often ...
... authority of individual experience has also figured prominently in American religious history. The Protestant religious revivals that swept through cities, towns, and frontier areas in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries often ...
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... authority of individual conscience. Here again, the Puritans disagreed among themselves about the extent to which this authority should be constrained by scripture, ministers, and government. Perhaps the most famous example of this ...
... authority of individual conscience. Here again, the Puritans disagreed among themselves about the extent to which this authority should be constrained by scripture, ministers, and government. Perhaps the most famous example of this ...
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... authority over others, this idealism about American society also inspired people whom the Puritans and many of their successors would have liked to dominate and instruct. The force of Puritan idealism about the promise of world history ...
... authority over others, this idealism about American society also inspired people whom the Puritans and many of their successors would have liked to dominate and instruct. The force of Puritan idealism about the promise of world history ...
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... authority of individual conscience that first brought Puritans to America, as did many seekers of metaphysical truth and proponents of social justice. Both Catholics and Jews in America were profoundly influenced by Puritan idealism ...
... authority of individual conscience that first brought Puritans to America, as did many seekers of metaphysical truth and proponents of social justice. Both Catholics and Jews in America were profoundly influenced by Puritan idealism ...
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... authority when it comes to your religious beliefs, how can someone else tell you what to believe? In an indirect but nevertheless powerful way, the First Amendment's restraint on government involvement in religion has fostered the ...
... authority when it comes to your religious beliefs, how can someone else tell you what to believe? In an indirect but nevertheless powerful way, the First Amendment's restraint on government involvement in religion has fostered the ...
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