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Religion in America
ISBN-13:
9781317283898
Veröffentl:
2016
Seiten:
346
Autor:
Julia Corbett Hemeyer
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Religion in America, 7th Edition provides a comprehensive yet concise introduction to the changing religious landscape of the United States. Extensively revised and updated to reflect current events and trends, this new edition continues to engage students in reflection about religious diversity. Julia Corbett-Hemeyer presents the study of religion as a tool for developing appreciation of communities of faith other than one's own and for understanding the dynamics at work in religion in the United States today.a
Contents. Preface. Part One: Preliminary Considerations. Introduction: Religious America: Diversity and Freedom. 1. Studying and Describing Religion. 2. Religion in the Life of the United States. Part Two: Christianity in the United States-Commonality and Diversity. 3. The Waning Influence of Mainline Protestantism and the New Evangelical Majority. 4. Christianity in American Culture: Diverse Themes. 5. Catholic Christianity: Sacramental Community. 6. Ethnic Diversity in Christianity: Two Examples. 7. American-Born Christianities. Part Three: Expanding Diversity. 8. Living a Jewish Life in the United States. 9. Muslims in the United States: A Growing Minority. Humanism and the Unitarian Universalists. 11. Hindus and Buddhists: Asia Comes to America. 12. Other Religious and Spiritual Movements. 13. Conflict and Controversy. Epilogue: Community and Communication. Index.
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