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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 62
Page xiv
... role in shaping American culture and intellectual life. Charles S. Prebish is Professor of Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University and coeditor of the journal of Buddhist Ethics. His books, The Luminous Passage (1999) and The ...
... role in shaping American culture and intellectual life. Charles S. Prebish is Professor of Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University and coeditor of the journal of Buddhist Ethics. His books, The Luminous Passage (1999) and The ...
Page 4
... role in the American system of government and way of life that is unparalleled elsewhere. In the early seventeenth century, Puritans settled in North America for the expressed purpose of practicing their religious beliefs with a kind of ...
... role in the American system of government and way of life that is unparalleled elsewhere. In the early seventeenth century, Puritans settled in North America for the expressed purpose of practicing their religious beliefs with a kind of ...
Page 11
... role in the fulfillment of America's historical destiny as a Christian nation, which Puritans had first foreseen. This American interpretation of Catholicism emphasized the transforming power of the Holy Spirit in the lives of ...
... role in the fulfillment of America's historical destiny as a Christian nation, which Puritans had first foreseen. This American interpretation of Catholicism emphasized the transforming power of the Holy Spirit in the lives of ...
Page 12
... role that freedom of religious expression has played in the development of American Judaism. While American Jews have often been in the forefront of efforts to defend and promote religious freedom, many American Protestants have looked ...
... role that freedom of religious expression has played in the development of American Judaism. While American Jews have often been in the forefront of efforts to defend and promote religious freedom, many American Protestants have looked ...
Page 14
... role of the individual will in the production of religious experience. This Protestant focus on the will developed as part of a long history of Christian introspection. This Christian tradition arose out of Jewish scripture and its ...
... role of the individual will in the production of religious experience. This Protestant focus on the will developed as part of a long history of Christian introspection. This Christian tradition arose out of Jewish scripture and its ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
African American Ameri American Buddhism American Buddhist American Catholic American culture American religious history Asian authority Baptist beauty believed benevolence biblical Black Elk Brownson Buddhism in America Buddhist camp meetings Catholicism Christ Christian Church civil colonies Conservative Judaism defined divine Elijah Muhammad England errand establishment evangelical Excerpted faith feminist field figure final finally find first forms fundamentalists gender God’s groups Handsome Lake heart Holy human ideal ideas immigrants Indian individual influence Islam Jesus Jewish Jews John leaders liberal Lord means Methodist mission modern moral movement Muslim Native nature Negro nineteenth century Orestes Brownson over-belief political practices preaching Presbyterian Protestant Protestantism Puritan reflected reform relationship religion religious experience religious freedom revival ritual role Seminary Separate Baptist shout significant social society soul specifically spiritual theology things thought tion tradition twentieth century United University Press virtue William Winthrop woman women York