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Critical Issues in American Religious History
A Reader, Second Revised Edition
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Americans as a religious people experience both tension and indecision as they wrestle with a variety of critical issues every day. American society continually struggles with its religious past. The primary and secondary materials included in this volume track religious America's efforts to articulate its identity and destiny and implement its religious creeds and ideals in an ever-changing society.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title Page, Title Page, Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Chapter 1. Interpreting Religion in America
- 2. Religion in Early America: Issue: How Inclusive Would Religion Be in Early America
- 3. The Era of the Great Awakening: Issue: What Was the Meaning of the Great Awakening?
- 4. Religious America in the American Revolution: Issue: How Religious Was the American Revolution
- 5. American Religion in the Middle Period: Issue: What Would Be the Role of Religion in the Early Republic?
- 6. American Religion in the Antebellum Frontier West: Issue: How Did the Frontier West Shape American Religion?
- 7. Slavery and American Religion: Issue: How Did Slavery Coexist with Religion in Antebellum America?
- 8. Religion and America's Civil War: Issue: How Did Religion Impact the Civil War?
- 9. The Encounter between Religion and Science: Issue: How Did Religion in America Respond to the "New" Voice of Science?
- 10. Religion in Industrializing America: Issue: How Did the Factory and the City Influence American Religion?
- 11. Religion and American Empire-Building: Issue: How Did Religion Influence the Emergence of America as a World Power
- 12. Fundamentalism vs. Modernism: Issue: What Were the Factors that Divided Protestantism a Century Ago?
- 13. American Religious Ferment during the Depression Era: Issue: How Did American Religion Respond to the Secular Challenges of the Depression Period?
- 14. American Religion from World War II to Vietname: Issue: How Would American Religion Respond to the Pressures of the Post-World War II Period?
- 15. Religion and the Civil Rights Movement: Issue: How Did Religion in America Contribute to the Rise of the Civil Rights Movement?
- 16. Religion and the Search for American Stability: Issue: How Did American Religion Restructure at the Close of the Millennium?
- Appendix: Additional Resources on American Religious History