Encyclopedia of Religion in America, Volume 1

Charles H. Lippy, Peter W. Williams

SAGE Publications, 2010 - Political Science - 2792 pages

A multidisciplinary examination of religion in American life

Encyclopedia of Religion in America examines how religious history and practices are woven into the political, social, cultural, and historical landscape of North America. This authoritative four-volume reference work explains the origins, development, adaptation, influence, and interrelations of the many faiths practiced, including major world religions, new religious sects, cults, and religious movements that originated or had an influence in the United States.

Edited by well-known experts in the field, the Encyclopedia covers all the significant religious denominations and movements that have originated or flourished in North America, from the beginning of European settlement to the present day. The broad multidisciplinary coverage includes the religious life of indigenous peoples, specific aspects of religious life, and the relationship of political, social, economic, and cultural spheres.

Topics include:

• Religion as an influential force in the U.S.
• Methods of worship
• Religion and politics
• Homosexuality and religion
• African American religion
• Arts and architecture
• Church-state issues
• Education
• Environment and ecology
• Ethnicity
• Evangelicals
• Faiths
• Gay and lesbian issues
• Historical overviews
• Immigration
• Media (new and old)
• Megachurches
• Movements and denominations
• New religious movements
• Popular religion and culture
• Race and racism
• Religious thought
• Religious Right
• Rites
• Role of women
• Terrorism and war

Encyclopedia of Religion in America is an essential resource for students and scholars researching issues in a wide variety of social science disciplines, from American history to cultural studies, political science, gender studies, psychology of religion, and more. It reflects new scholarly research and interpretation that have emerged over the last two decades, as well as significant new areas of study, such as post-9/11 America, the role of gays and lesbians in church, gender, and the role of the evangelicals in American political life.

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Contents

• Mexico: 10
• MethodistsWesleyan Tradition: 25
• From the Civil War: 33
• PostCivil Rights: 43
• African Traditional Religions: 51
• Communitarian Societies and Movements: 58
• Colonial Era 1375: 62
• Through the Nineteenth Century 1346: 74
• Since the Nineteenth Century 1354: 103
• Reformed Tradition: 117
• Liberal Religious Movements: 131
• Region and Regionalism: 135
• Architecture: 142
• Asian Religions: 149
• Early America: 156
• The European Protestant Background: 163
• Jewish: 169
• Reconstructionist 1141: 175
• New Religious Movements: 181
• Protestant from the Nineteenth Century: 186
• Roman Catholic: 194
• Atheism Agnosticism and Disbelief: 203
• Atlantic World: 213
• African American: 224
• Protestant Liberalism 1782: 263
• 1954: 281
• Book of Mormon: 310
• Transcendentalism 2205: 316
• California and the Pacific Rim Region: 329
• Spirituality and Devotionalism: 333
• Frontier and Borderlands 870: 336
• Unitarians 2222: 344
• Aboriginal Traditions: 353
• Anglicans in Colonial and Revolutionary America: 360
• PreContact 1514: 439
• Unitarian Universalist Association 2228: 479
• Bioethics 302: 483
• FaithBased Community Organizations 819: 502
• Death and Burial Practices: 517
• Death of God Theology: 522
• Deism: 526
• Denominationalism: 541
• Devotionalism: 551
• Disciples of Christ: 558
• Dispensationalism: 564
• Visual Arts and Material Culture: 1
• Baháí 221: 3
• The South as Region 2117: 8
• FaithBased Initiatives 824: 10
• Tourism and Pilgrimage 2197: 13
• Music: 15
• Eastern Orthodox Tradition and Heritage 577: 19
• Enlightenment 693: 21
• Feminism 827: 23
• vii: 29
• Holocaust 1027: 31
• Idealist Philosophy 1037: 32
• Liberation Theology 1221: 38
• 1514: 47
• NeoOrthodoxy 1533: 48
• 2399: 49
• Postmodernism 1737: 54
• Women 2300: 55
• Religious Issues 656: 56
• Reformed Denominational Family 1838: 57
• New Religious Movements 181: 62
• Social Forces and Movements: 63
• Zen Buddhism: 64
• Harmonialism and Metaphysical Religion 937: 71
• Harmonialism and Metaphysical Religion 937: 73
• Zionism 2402: 74

About the author

is the LeRoy A. Martin Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies Emeritus, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. A past president of the American Society of Church History, he has written or edited more than 20 books on American religious life. His most recentis Introducing American Religion, which appeared in 2009.

Charles H. Lippy is the LeRoy A. Martin Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies Emeritus, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. A past president of the American Society of Church History, he has written or edited more than 20 books on American religious life. His most recent is Introducing American Religion, which appeared in 2009.

Peter W. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Religion and American Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. A past president of the American Society of Church History, he is the author of several books and editor of a number of reference sets, including the Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience (with Charles H. Lippy, 1988).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Encyclopedia of Religion in America, Volume 1; Encyclopedia of Religion in America, Charles H. Lippy, ISBN 0872895807, 9780872895805
• Authors: Charles H. Lippy, Peter W. Williams
• Editors: Charles H. Lippy, Peter W. Williams
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, 2010
• Original from: Pennsylvania State University
• Digitized: Aug 31, 2011
• ISBN: 0872895807, 9780872895805
• Length: 2792 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / General; Reference / Encyclopedias; Religion / Reference; Social Science / Sociology of Religion