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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... traditions, America often seems like a vast marketplace Where people with many diflerent outlooks and philosophies coexist, interact, and exchange material and intellectual goods. In the case of religion, an amazing variety of beliefs ...
... traditions, America often seems like a vast marketplace Where people with many diflerent outlooks and philosophies coexist, interact, and exchange material and intellectual goods. In the case of religion, an amazing variety of beliefs ...
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... traditions in more detail. A set of primary documents constitutes the second and final section of the book. These ... tradition. Americans have continually aspired to live in a world in which the four elements of religious freedom ...
... traditions in more detail. A set of primary documents constitutes the second and final section of the book. These ... tradition. Americans have continually aspired to live in a world in which the four elements of religious freedom ...
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... traditions, each of which can be understood in terms of their distinctive approaches to these issues. For example ... traditional Buddhist teachings to suit American expectations about religious life. In this process, Buddhists have ...
... traditions, each of which can be understood in terms of their distinctive approaches to these issues. For example ... traditional Buddhist teachings to suit American expectations about religious life. In this process, Buddhists have ...
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... traditions and to increased emphasis within those traditions on the religious significance of ordinary life. As perhaps their ... tradition and protector of the status quo. The American tendency to conceptualize religion as an engine of ...
... traditions and to increased emphasis within those traditions on the religious significance of ordinary life. As perhaps their ... tradition and protector of the status quo. The American tendency to conceptualize religion as an engine of ...
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... tradition dominated American culture at a crucial time in its development. These people, ideas, and institutions functioned as powerful forces to which other religious traditions had to adapt, or learn to resist, in order to survive. As ...
... tradition dominated American culture at a crucial time in its development. These people, ideas, and institutions functioned as powerful forces to which other religious traditions had to adapt, or learn to resist, in order to survive. As ...
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