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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... HUMAN RIGHTS - BEFORE AND BEYOND BEIJING: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons PRIMARY DOCUMENTS A MODEL OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY (I630) john Winthrop EXAMINATION OF MRS. ANNE HUTCHINSON (I637) A KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE ...
... HUMAN RIGHTS - BEFORE AND BEYOND BEIJING: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons PRIMARY DOCUMENTS A MODEL OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY (I630) john Winthrop EXAMINATION OF MRS. ANNE HUTCHINSON (I637) A KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE ...
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... human experience. Anthropologists, psychologists, literary critics, and political scientists (to name just a few) study only discrete parts of our existence. The result is a rather arbitrary collection of disciplinary boundaries ...
... human experience. Anthropologists, psychologists, literary critics, and political scientists (to name just a few) study only discrete parts of our existence. The result is a rather arbitrary collection of disciplinary boundaries ...
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... human concerns. Since time immemorial, human beings have worked to define proper familial relationships, find opportunities for self-expression, and balance those opportunities with the requirements of social stability. Nevertheless ...
... human concerns. Since time immemorial, human beings have worked to define proper familial relationships, find opportunities for self-expression, and balance those opportunities with the requirements of social stability. Nevertheless ...
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... human society ought to be, the Puritan family was intended to be the microcosm and primary building block of a reformed, Christian society. Relying on the family as a school for individual conscience free from the corruptions of impure ...
... human society ought to be, the Puritan family was intended to be the microcosm and primary building block of a reformed, Christian society. Relying on the family as a school for individual conscience free from the corruptions of impure ...
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... humanity and thus providing a balancing force for the individualism of American culture. From their perspective ... human dignity. It also opened the way for Catholics to become more actively engaged with the modern world, which the ...
... humanity and thus providing a balancing force for the individualism of American culture. From their perspective ... human dignity. It also opened the way for Catholics to become more actively engaged with the modern world, which the ...
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