America's Religions: Traditions and CulturesUndergraduate text chronologically surveys the development of religion in the US from colonial beginnings to the present day, focusing on individual religious traditions as they have developed in the context of each other and the broader American culture. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portlan |
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... belief is unimportant : the very term orthodoxy is indicative of a commitment to " correct belief . " Orthodoxy shares with the other liturgical traditions a founda- tion in the creedal statements of the early church and the first seven ...
... belief is unimportant : the very term orthodoxy is indicative of a commitment to " correct belief . " Orthodoxy shares with the other liturgical traditions a founda- tion in the creedal statements of the early church and the first seven ...
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... belief . The Book of Concord contains the three creeds of the early Christian church ( Nicene , Apostolic , and ... beliefs that transcend the forces dividing Lutherans one from another . Liturgy is another force that , though productive ...
... belief . The Book of Concord contains the three creeds of the early Christian church ( Nicene , Apostolic , and ... beliefs that transcend the forces dividing Lutherans one from another . Liturgy is another force that , though productive ...
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... belief , worship , structure , and , finally culture . The Mormon belief system is inextricably tied in to the unique revelation that its founder and prophet , Joseph Smith , claimed to have derived through the good offices of the angel ...
... belief , worship , structure , and , finally culture . The Mormon belief system is inextricably tied in to the unique revelation that its founder and prophet , Joseph Smith , claimed to have derived through the good offices of the angel ...
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B The Mediterranean Matrix | 18 |
CHRISTIANITY EAST AND WEST | 37 |
The Sundering | 64 |
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