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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... 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 I46 I58 I69 l7l ...
... 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 I46 I58 I69 l7l ...
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... virtues of religious freedom. At the same time, their religions have been deeply affected, and even changed, as a result of this embrace of religious freedom and its consequences. In the nineteenth century, some of America's most ...
... virtues of religious freedom. At the same time, their religions have been deeply affected, and even changed, as a result of this embrace of religious freedom and its consequences. In the nineteenth century, some of America's most ...
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... virtue. Modifying Luther's emphasis on the impossibility of fulfilling God's law, Puritans and other English Protestants believed that grace enabled saints to act in accordance with divine will. This belief gave Puritans, and the larger ...
... virtue. Modifying Luther's emphasis on the impossibility of fulfilling God's law, Puritans and other English Protestants believed that grace enabled saints to act in accordance with divine will. This belief gave Puritans, and the larger ...
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