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Author: Edwin S. Gaustad
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2003-09-19
Total Pages: 652
ISBN-13: 9780802822291
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA richly variegated selection of short documents illustrative of the history of religion in America. The best source-book available to contemporary students and general readers.
Author: Edwin S. Gaustad
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2003-09-19
Total Pages: 816
ISBN-13: 9780802822307
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA richly variegated selection of short documents illustrative of the history of religion in America. The best source-book available to contemporary students and general readers.
Author: Edwin S. Gaustad
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2018-07-31
Total Pages: 800
ISBN-13: 1467450480
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUp-to-date one-volume edition of a standard text For decades students and scholars have turned to the two-volume Documentary History of Religion in America for access to the most significant primary sources relating to American religious history from the sixteenth century to the present. This fourth edition—published in a single volume for the first time—has been updated and condensed, allowing instructors to more easily cover the material in a single semester. With more than a hundred illustrations and a rich array of primary documents ranging from the letters and accounts of early colonists to tweets and transcripts from the 2016 presidential election, this volume remains an essential text for readers who want to encounter firsthand the astonishing scope of religious belief and practice in American history.
Author: Daniel Ott
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2015-07-01
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 1506400337
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChristian Thought in America: A Brief History is a short, accessible overview of the history of Christian thought in America, from the Puritans and other colonials to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Moving chronologically, each chapter addresses a historical segment, focusing on key movements and figures and tracing general trends and developments. The book conveys a sense of the liveliness and creativity of the ongoing theological debates. Each chapter concludes with a short bibliography of recent scholarship for further reading.
Author: David Peddle
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2014-05-15
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 0739189174
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe metaphor of a “wall of separation” between church and state obscures the substantial connection that exists between the Christian religion and American liberalism. The central thesis of this work challenges the legitimacy of this metaphor as it appears in Supreme Court decisions and in the thought of the philosopher John Rawls. The Religious Origins of American Freedom and Equality provides a provocative interpretation of the nature of Christian and liberal principles, suggesting that the principles of individual freedom and equality were forged even within the conservative elements of Calvinism and Puritanism. Recognition of this substantial intellectual connection has the potential to help reshape our conception of the separation of church and state by tempering the opposition between religious and political concepts and values. The purpose of The Religious Origins of American Freedom and Equality then, is to contribute to an understanding of public reason that is more open to the contributions of religious perspectives. The work attempts to show how religious doctrines, currently obscured by historical context and hermeneutical dogmatism, have nonetheless played a formative role in the evolution of the freedom and equality that is foundational to contemporary liberalism. Understanding the genesis of the concepts of freedom and equality tempers the conceptual opposition between church and state and allows a clearer more inclusive interpretation of the nature of their separation. The originality of the work is fourfold: (1) the challenge its central thesis poses to dominant constructions of public reason, freedom, and equality; (2) the interdisciplinary method through which it brings the findings of a variety of disciplines to bear on a central issues in political philosophy; (3) the challenge it brings to the analytic and pragmatic approach of contemporary liberalism through its assertion of the importance of historical context to contemporary ideas; and (4) the degree to which it engages theology in its relation to contemporary questions.
Author: Paul Harvey
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2012-02-14
Total Pages: 830
ISBN-13: 0231530781
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first guide to American religious history from colonial times to the present, this anthology features twenty-two leading scholars speaking on major themes and topics in the development of the diverse religious traditions of the United States. These include the growth and spread of evangelical culture, the mutual influence of religion and politics, the rise of fundamentalism, the role of gender and popular culture, and the problems and possibilities of pluralism. Geared toward general readers, students, researchers, and scholars, The Columbia Guide to Religion in American History provides concise yet broad surveys of specific fields, with an extensive glossary and bibliographies listing relevant books, films, articles, music, and media resources for navigating different streams of religious thought and culture. The collection opens with a thematic exploration of American religious history and culture and follows with twenty topical chapters, each of which illuminates the dominant questions and lines of inquiry that have determined scholarship within that chapter's chosen theme. Contributors also outline areas in need of further, more sophisticated study and identify critical resources for additional research. The glossary, "American Religious History, A–Z," lists crucial people, movements, groups, concepts, and historical events, enhanced by extensive statistical data.
Author: Charles H. Lippy
Publisher: JBE Online Books
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 0980163358
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Catherine Locks
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Published: 2013-04-19
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780988223769
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA peer-reviewed open U.S. History Textbook released under a CC BY SA 3.0 Unported License.
Author: Richard Benjamin Crosby
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2023-04-18
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 142144643X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA history of Washington National Cathedral and the theory of an American civil religion. In 1792, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the first city planner of Washington, DC, introduced the idea of a "great church for national purposes." Unlike L'Enfant's plans for the White House, the US Capitol, and the National Mall, this grand temple to the republic never materialized. But in 1890, the Episcopal Church began planning what is known today as Washington National Cathedral. In American Kairos, Richard Benjamin Crosby chronicles the history of not only the building but also the idea that animates it, arguing that the cathedral is a touchstone site for the American civil religion—the idea that the United States functions much like a religion, with its own rituals, sacred texts, holy days, and so on. He shows that the National Cathedral can never be the church L'Enfant envisioned, but it can be a starting point for studying the conflicts over belonging, ideology, and America's place in the world that define the American civil religion. By examining correspondence between L'Enfant, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and others, and by diving into Washington National Cathedral's archives, Crosby uncovers a crucial gap in the formation of the nation's soul. While L'Enfant's original vision was never realized, Washington National Cathedral reminds us that perhaps it can be. The cathedral is one of the great rhetorical and architectural triumphs in the history of American religion. Without government mandate or public vote, it has claimed its role as America's de facto house of worship, a civil religious temple wherein Americans conduct some of their highest, holiest rituals, including state funerals and National Day of Prayer services.
Author: Michael Meyerson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2012-06-05
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 030016632X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAims to provide an unbiased look at the Founding Fathers' concept of freedom of religion.
