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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Amanda Porterfield. the American constellation of religious concerns quite distinctive. Investment in religious freedom plays a foundational role in the American system of government and way of life that is unparalleled elsewhere. In the ...
Amanda Porterfield. the American constellation of religious concerns quite distinctive. Investment in religious freedom plays a foundational role in the American system of government and way of life that is unparalleled elsewhere. In the ...
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... religious history. While similar to people in other parts of the world in relying on religion to provide guidelines for good family living and proper family relationships, Americans are unusual in their tendency to view the nuclear ...
... religious history. While similar to people in other parts of the world in relying on religion to provide guidelines for good family living and proper family relationships, Americans are unusual in their tendency to view the nuclear ...
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... religious principles. However conservative in their interpretation, and however resistant to extending its benefits to others, the New England Puritans and their religious descendants prized individual conscience as the prime zone of ...
... religious principles. However conservative in their interpretation, and however resistant to extending its benefits to others, the New England Puritans and their religious descendants prized individual conscience as the prime zone of ...
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... religion by these two negative clauses, the men who drafted the Constitution opened the way for religious ... religion, the First Amendment contributed to increasing religious pluralism. Religious pluralism is related to religious ...
... religion by these two negative clauses, the men who drafted the Constitution opened the way for religious ... religion, the First Amendment contributed to increasing religious pluralism. Religious pluralism is related to religious ...
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... religious freedom presumes that genuine religious conviction cannot be coerced, and thus accords a kind of privileged status to individual decision-making. It also diminishes support for the idea that there is one true religion to which ...
... religious freedom presumes that genuine religious conviction cannot be coerced, and thus accords a kind of privileged status to individual decision-making. It also diminishes support for the idea that there is one true religion to which ...
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