Religion in America
Published on 1. July 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-495-00511-7 (ISBN)
Description
Understand the development and impact of religion in the United States with RELIGION IN AMERICA, VOLUME I, PRIMARY SOURCES! From the earliest of times, Americans have wrestled with questions that religious contradictions raise, such as: Is the United States a holy experiment or a secular refuge from oppressive religion? Should our priority as a people and nation be to encourage individual achievement or community spirit? Is our role in world affairs to be an inspiration to other nations or to wield power? These questions, which fashioned US political and social debate, have continually been inspired by, reflected in, and influenced by religious commentary and action. This reader helps you explore the history of these religious contradictions, so you can better understand the world we live in today.
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Part I: RELIGIOUS LIFE IN THE AMERICAS BEFORE AND OUTSIDE THE BRITISH COLONIES. 1. Native American Religious Thought and Practice. 2. Spanish Empire: "Gold, Glory, and God." 3. French Empire: "Furs, Fish, and the Faith." Part II: RELIGION IN THE BRITISH AMERICAN COLONIES: "LAND, LIBERTY, AND THE LORD." 4. Puritan Ideal. 5. Rapid Diversification of Religion in the Colonies. 6. Importance of Religious Education. 7. Insecurity and Witchcraft. 8. First Great Religious Awakening. 9. First American Intellectual Enlightenment. 10. African American Religious Experience. Part III: BIRTH OF A NATION: DRIVE FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. 11. Religious Groups Inspire and React to the Independence Movement. 12. Establishing the Principle of Freedom of Religious Choice. 13. Effect of Independence on the Various Religious Groups. 14. Religious Individualism and Further Diversification. Part IV: A NEW NATION: RELIGIOUS GROWING PAINS AND PLEASURES. 15. Traditional Religious Groups and New Influences. 16. Second Great Religious Awakening. 17. Second Intellectual Enlightenment. 18. Perfectionism and Its Utopian Dreams and Experiments. 19. Religious Motivations for reform: Abolition and the Rights of Women. Part V: CRISIS AND REBIRTH: THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. 20. Religious Reactions to and Justifications for the War. 21. Black Liberation. 22. Abraham Lincoln and the New Testament in America's Civil Religion.More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
347 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-495-00511-7 (9780495005117)
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Dr. James T. Baker is a graduate of Baylor and Florida State Universities. He holds the title of University Distinguished Professor of History at Western Kentucky University. He has been a Fulbright Senior Lecturer in American Studies in both Korea and Taiwan, and for twenty years he directed and taught in study-abroad programs for American students in Britain and Ireland. He is now director of the United States Interns to the Canadian Parliament Program in Ottawa. He has published books on figures such as Thomas Merton, Jimmy Carter, Eric Hoffer, Ayn Rand, Brooks Hays, and Studs Terkel. Professor Baker serves as series editor for the Creators of the American Mind series and has contributed earlier volumes on Nat Turner, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
Content
Part I: RELIGIOUS LIFE IN THE AMERICAS BEFORE AND OUTSIDE THE BRITISH COLONIES. 1. Native American Religious Thought and Practice. 2. Spanish Empire: "Gold, Glory, and God." 3. French Empire: "Furs, Fish, and the Faith." Part II: RELIGION IN THE BRITISH AMERICAN COLONIES: "LAND, LIBERTY, AND THE LORD." 4. Puritan Ideal. 5. Rapid Diversification of Religion in the Colonies. 6. Importance of Religious Education. 7. Insecurity and Witchcraft. 8. First Great Religious Awakening. 9. First American Intellectual Enlightenment. 10. African American Religious Experience. Part III: BIRTH OF A NATION: DRIVE FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. 11. Religious Groups Inspire and React to the Independence Movement. 12. Establishing the Principle of Freedom of Religious Choice. 13. Effect of Independence on the Various Religious Groups. 14. Religious Individualism and Further Diversification. Part IV: A NEW NATION: RELIGIOUS GROWING PAINS AND PLEASURES. 15. Traditional Religious Groups and New Influences. 16. Second Great Religious Awakening. 17. Second Intellectual Enlightenment. 18. Perfectionism and Its Utopian Dreams and Experiments. 19. Religious Motivations for reform: Abolition and the Rights of Women. Part V: CRISIS AND REBIRTH: THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. 20. Religious Reactions to and Justifications for the War. 21. Black Liberation. 22. Abraham Lincoln and the New Testament in America"s Civil Religion.