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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... modern world, which the Council agreed was a priority for the Church. In their vision of the Church leading the way in the fulfillment of God's plan for history, progressive American Catholic leaders since Orestes Brownson had been ...
... modern world, which the Council agreed was a priority for the Church. In their vision of the Church leading the way in the fulfillment of God's plan for history, progressive American Catholic leaders since Orestes Brownson had been ...
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... modern life. An exponent of such progressive attitudes, Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise celebrated America as a promised land for Jews as well as Christians. In Cincinnati, he dispensed with the practice of confining women to a closed-01f ...
... modern life. An exponent of such progressive attitudes, Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise celebrated America as a promised land for Jews as well as Christians. In Cincinnati, he dispensed with the practice of confining women to a closed-01f ...
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... modern interest in individual conscience as a basis of both religious truth and social order. In America, this Protestant investment in individual conscience launched many new communities, cities, and towns. It also contributed to the ...
... modern interest in individual conscience as a basis of both religious truth and social order. In America, this Protestant investment in individual conscience launched many new communities, cities, and towns. It also contributed to the ...
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... modern poetry. She also carried forward the Puritan idea that spiritual life had a courtly, sexual dimension. In a variety of different American religious traditions, liberals and conservatives have often split over feminism. While ...
... modern poetry. She also carried forward the Puritan idea that spiritual life had a courtly, sexual dimension. In a variety of different American religious traditions, liberals and conservatives have often split over feminism. While ...
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... modern thought and science, Fundamentalism emerged to challenge liberal optimism about historical progress. Focusing especially on prophesies in the books of Daniel and Revelation, Fundamentalists correlated the signs of cosmic disaster ...
... modern thought and science, Fundamentalism emerged to challenge liberal optimism about historical progress. Focusing especially on prophesies in the books of Daniel and Revelation, Fundamentalists correlated the signs of cosmic disaster ...
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