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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... Religious Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Through numerous books and essays including Nature Religion in America (1990), Albanese led the way in moving the study of American religion away from the intellectual ...
... Religious Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Through numerous books and essays including Nature Religion in America (1990), Albanese led the way in moving the study of American religion away from the intellectual ...
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... Religion at the Claremont School of Theology and Professor of Religion at the Claremont Graduate University. In Fits, Trances, f9' Visions ( 1999), Taves broke new ground in understanding the historical interplay between Protestant religion ...
... Religion at the Claremont School of Theology and Professor of Religion at the Claremont Graduate University. In Fits, Trances, f9' Visions ( 1999), Taves broke new ground in understanding the historical interplay between Protestant religion ...
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... religion, an amazing variety of beliefs and practices exists in this country, and flourishes with abundance. America is home to more forms of ... religion carries these descriptions further. American Religious History: Introduction.
... religion, an amazing variety of beliefs and practices exists in this country, and flourishes with abundance. America is home to more forms of ... religion carries these descriptions further. American Religious History: Introduction.
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... religious expression as their right, while conservative 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 ...
... religious expression as their right, while conservative 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 ...
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... religious life does not mean that a rigid boundary exists between religion in the United States and religion elsewhere, or that American Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists do not also define themselves internationally. The ...
... religious life does not mean that a rigid boundary exists between religion in the United States and religion elsewhere, or that American Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists do not also define themselves internationally. The ...
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