A History of Religion in America
Routledge
978-1-138-05991-7 (ISBN)
A History of Religion in America provides comprehensive coverage of the history of religion in America, with the first volume covering the first settlements through to the Civil War and the second volume from the end of the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century. The two volumes explore major religious groups in the United States and examine a range of topics:
Native American religion
Religion and the Founding Fathers
Religion and reform in the 19th century
The American Civil War
Immigration’s impact on American religion
Religion in Cold War America
Religion in Post-9/11 America
Chronologically arranged and integrating various religious developments into a coherent historical narrative, this set of books also contains useful chapter summaries and review questions. Designed for undergraduate religious studies and history students A History of Religion in America provides a substantive and comprehensive introduction to the complexity of religion in American history.
Bryan F. Le Beau is retired from the University of Saint Mary, where he served as Professor of History, Provost, and Vice President for Academic Affairs. He is the author of several books on American cultural and religious history.
Volume One:
List of figures
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction
1. Native American Religion and Its European Encounter
2. British Colonization and the Origins of American Religion
3. Religion and the American Revolution
4. Religion and the Early Republic
5. Religion and the Age of Reform
6. A People Apart
7. Civil War and the Churches
Index
Volume Two:
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Challenges of Immigration, Growth, and Diversity
2. Industrialization, Urbanization, and the Social Gospel, Here and Abroad
3. Science Versus Religion: Action and Reaction
4. Religion in America between the World Wars
5. Religion in Post-World War II America, 1945 to 1960
6. Religion in an Age of Turmoil – the 1960s and 1970s
7. An Equal and Opposite Reaction: Conservative Retrenchment in the 1980s and 1990s
8. Whither Religion in the Twenty-First Century?
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.9.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Tables, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 810 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-05991-9 / 1138059919 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-05991-7 / 9781138059917 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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