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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... NATURE OF TRUE VIRTUE (I 765) jonathan Edwards ACT FOR ESTABLISHING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (I779) Thomas Jefferson THE CODE OF HANDSOME LAKE (CA. I800) Edward Cornplanter WHATA REVIVAL OF RELIGION IS (I834) Charles Grandison Finney II7 I37 ...
... NATURE OF TRUE VIRTUE (I 765) jonathan Edwards ACT FOR ESTABLISHING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (I779) Thomas Jefferson THE CODE OF HANDSOME LAKE (CA. I800) Edward Cornplanter WHATA REVIVAL OF RELIGION IS (I834) Charles Grandison Finney II7 I37 ...
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... NATURE (I836) Ralph Waldo Emerson POEMS (I 863-I 864) Emily Dickinson THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: ITS CONSTITUTION, TENDENCIES, AND DESTINY (I865) Orestes Brownson OUR COUNTRY'S PLACE IN HISTORY (I869) Isaac M. Wise PRE-EXISTENCE OF OUR ...
... NATURE (I836) Ralph Waldo Emerson POEMS (I 863-I 864) Emily Dickinson THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: ITS CONSTITUTION, TENDENCIES, AND DESTINY (I865) Orestes Brownson OUR COUNTRY'S PLACE IN HISTORY (I869) Isaac M. Wise PRE-EXISTENCE OF OUR ...
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... Nature Religion in America (1990), Albanese led the way in moving the study of American religion away from the intellectual narrative Perry Miller established toward a broader picture of American religious diversity. Randall Balmer is ...
... Nature Religion in America (1990), Albanese led the way in moving the study of American religion away from the intellectual narrative Perry Miller established toward a broader picture of American religious diversity. Randall Balmer is ...
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... nature of their religious traditions and are often quite eloquent in explaining why their traditions appeal to people in every part of the world. Yet both Christianity and Islam have developed differently in the United States than ...
... nature of their religious traditions and are often quite eloquent in explaining why their traditions appeal to people in every part of the world. Yet both Christianity and Islam have developed differently in the United States than ...
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... nature of those attachments. The idea that freedom is good for religion has underlain much support for the separation of church and state. From the beginning, many of those who have championed the negatively phrased prohibition against ...
... nature of those attachments. The idea that freedom is good for religion has underlain much support for the separation of church and state. From the beginning, many of those who have championed the negatively phrased prohibition against ...
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