Religion in American Life : A Short History
Jon. Butler
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, USA, , 2011.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (573 p.)
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| Utgave | 2nd ed.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; RELIGION IN COLONIAL AMERICA; CHAPTER ONE: Worlds Old and New; CHAPTER TWO: Religion and Missions in New Spain and New France; CHAPTER THREE: Religion in England's First Colonies; CHAPTER FOUR: The Flowering of Religious Diversity; CHAPTER FIVE: African and American Indian Religion; CHAPTER SIX: Reviving Colonial Religion; CHAPTER SEVEN: Religion and the American Revolution; RELIGION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA; CHAPTER EIGHT: Prophets for a New Nation; CHAPTER NINE: Awakeners of the Heart; CHAPTER TEN: Reformers and Visionaries. - CHAPTER ELEVEN: Restorers of Ancient WaysCHAPTER TWELVE: Sojourners at Home; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Warriors for God and Religion; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Fashioners of Immigrant Faiths; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Innovators in a World of New Ideas; CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Conservers of Tradition; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Adventurers of the Spirit; RELIGION IN TWENTIETH- AND TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY AMERICA; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: A New Century; CHAPTER NINETEEN: The Age of Militancy; CHAPTER TWENTY: In God We Trust; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Religion in the New Frontier; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: Religion in an Age of Upheaval. - CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: Preachers, Politicians, and ProdigalsCHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: Coming to Terms with Pluralism; CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: Religion in the New Millennium; EPILOGUE; CHRONOLOGY; FURTHER READING; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; TEXT CREDITS; PICTURE CREDITS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. - ""Quite ambitious, tracing religion in the United States from European colonization up to the 21st century.... The writing is strong throughout.""--Publishers Weekly (starred review) ""One can hardly do better than Religion in American Life.... A good read, especially for the uninitiated. The initiated might also read it for its felicity of narrative and the moments of illumination that fine scholars can inject even into stories we have all heard before. Read it.""--Church History This new edition of Religion in American Life, written by three of the country's most eminent historians of religi
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| Sjanger | Electronic books. . - Oversiktsverk : (uri)https://id.nb.no/vocabulary/ntsf/221. - Oversiktsverker (Form) : (NO-TrBIB)HUME01307. - Oversiktsverker
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| ISBN | 9780199832699
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