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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... American social history were it not for his influence on one of the most remarkable figures in American religious history : Mary Baker Eddy . Eddy ( 1821-1910 ) , the founder of Christian Science , has probably evoked more scholarly ...
... American social history were it not for his influence on one of the most remarkable figures in American religious history : Mary Baker Eddy . Eddy ( 1821-1910 ) , the founder of Christian Science , has probably evoked more scholarly ...
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... American religious life today is the result of a convergence of social and intellectual processes with roots in particular Ameri- can circumstances , such as the frontier and religious pluralism , as well as broader trends in the ...
... American religious life today is the result of a convergence of social and intellectual processes with roots in particular Ameri- can circumstances , such as the frontier and religious pluralism , as well as broader trends in the ...
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... AMERICAN RELIGION : REFERENCE WORKS BOWDEN , HENRY WARNER , Dictionary of American Religious Biography ( Westport , CT , and London , 1977 ) . " The Historiography of American Religion , " EARE I , 3–16 . BURR , NELSON R. , Religion in ...
... AMERICAN RELIGION : REFERENCE WORKS BOWDEN , HENRY WARNER , Dictionary of American Religious Biography ( Westport , CT , and London , 1977 ) . " The Historiography of American Religion , " EARE I , 3–16 . BURR , NELSON R. , Religion in ...
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B The Mediterranean Matrix | 18 |
CHRISTIANITY EAST AND WEST | 37 |
The Sundering | 64 |
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