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• The sacred role of culture in African religion — African culture and western attitudes toward African religion — African tradition and the culture of religion — African culture and the philosophy of religion — African religion in the New World — Traditional African cultural forms in the Caribbean.

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• Africa — Religion.
• Christianity — Influence.
• Islam — Influence.
• Christianity — Influence. fast (OCoLC)fst00859619
• Islam — Influence. fast (OCoLC)fst00979810
• Religion. fast (OCoLC)fst01093763
• Africa. fast (OCoLC)fst01239509

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• The call to a people, its musicians, and everybody else. A people — Music — Musicians — The whole community — The vocation of the clergy — The vocation of the church musician — The craft of the church musician: the congregation. General considerations — Aspects of congregational song — Specific musical responsibilities — The craft of the church musician: the choir. Aspects of choral song — Specific musical responsibilities — General considerations — Historical perspectives. You have to sing — The Psalms and Colossians 3:16 — Tertullian and Laodicaea — Hymnody — Hymns and beyond — Calvinists — Anglicans — Zwinglians, Anabaptists, English Baptists, Quakers — Wesleyans — Black spirituals — The twentieth century — Crossing boundaries and repertoires — Education — Challenges we face. Oratorio — Musical syntax — Iconoclasm — Music’s intent — Music, theology, and the life of the church — Justice — In relation to the church musician.

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• Church musicians.
• Music — Religious aspects — Christianity.
• Public worship.

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• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• The sacred role of culture in African religion — African culture and western attitudes toward African religion — African tradition and the culture of religion — African culture and the philosophy of religion — African religion in the New World — Traditional African cultural forms in the Caribbean.

Subjects:

• Africa — Religion.
• Christianity — Influence.
• Islam — Influence.
• Christianity — Influence. fast (OCoLC)fst00859619
• Islam — Influence. fast (OCoLC)fst00979810
• Religion. fast (OCoLC)fst01093763
• Africa. fast (OCoLC)fst01239509

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• There’s nothing worse than a faitheist — Starting secular, seeking substance — Conversion and confusion — Losing and finding my religion — Unholier than thou: saying goodbye to God — Putting my money where other people’s mouths are — In search of the secular soul — Fact or friction, engage or enrage.
• In Faitheist, Stedman draws on his work organizing interfaith and secular communities, his academic study of religion, and his own experiences to argue for the necessity of bridging the growing chasm between atheists and the religious. As someone who has stood on both sides of the divide, Stedman is uniquely positioned to present a way for atheists and the religious to find common ground and work together to make this world – the one world we can all agree on – a better place.

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• Atheism.
• Dialogue — Religious aspects.
• Stedman, Chris, 1987-
• Spiritual biography.

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• Women and religion.
• Women — Religious aspects.

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• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Part 1. Reassessment. Why are Americans so religious? : the limitations of market explanations / E. Brooks Holifield — Part 2. Evangelicals and markets. Weber and eighteenth-century religious developments in America / Mark Valeri — Billy Graham, Christian manliness, and the shaping of the evangelical subculture / Grant Wacker — Money matters and family matters : James Dobson and Focus on the Family on the traditional family and capitalist America / Hilde Løvdal Stephens — Part 3. Religious book markets. The commodification of William James : the book business and the rise of liberal spirituality in the twentieth-century United States / Matthew S. Hedstrom — Literature and the economy of the sacred / Günter Leypoldt — Publishers and profit motives : the economic history of Left behind / Daniel Silliman — Part 4. Religious resistance and adaptation to the market. Selling infinite selves : youth culture and contemporary festivals / Sarah M. Pike — Religious branding and the quest to meet consumer needs : Joel Osteen’s Message of hope / Katja Rakow — Unsilent partners : sports stadiums and their appropriation and use of sacred space / Anthony Santoro — Part 5. Critical reflection and prospects. Considering the neoliberal in American religion / Kathryn Lofton.

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• United States — Religion.
• Business — Religious aspects.

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Part of the series Sexuality studies series;Sexuality studies series.
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• Introduction / Heather Shipley — Pt. 1. Religion and the construction of sexual minority rights. Beyond tolerance : sexual diversity and economic justice / Janet R. Jakobsen Severely normal : sexuality and religion in Alberta’s bill / Pamela Dickey Young I’m not homophobic, I’m Chinese : Hong Kong Canadian Christians and the campaign against same-sex marriage / Lee Wing Hin — Pt. 2. Sexuality and the construction of religious identities. Challenging identity constructs : the debate over the sex education curriculum in Ontario / Heather Shipley When religion meets sexuality : two tales of intersection / Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip Women, sex, and the Catholic Church : the implications of domestic violence for reproductive choice / Catherine Holtmann — Pt. 3. Sexual bodies/religious bodies. The construction of a sexual pedagogy : childhood and saints in Roman Catholic discourse / Donald L. Boisvert Corporeal diversity in the religion of sport : the debate over enhanced bodies / Tracy J. Trothen Strong spirits, abused bodies : social, political, and theological reflections / Nancy Nason-Clark — Conclusion / Pamela Dickey Young.
• The relationship between religion and sexuality is often framed as inherently conflictual. But what actually happens when religion and sexuality converge in contemporary contexts? This provocative volume goes beyond the familiar debates over toleration and accomodation to explore the ways in which various forms of religious affliation and sexual identity do, in fact, co-exist. Drawing on interviews and analyzing media representations, legislation, and public discourse on topics such as education, economics, and same-sex marriage in North America and the United Kingdom, this book foregrounds the complexity and multiplicity of religious and sexual identities and practices. — from back cover.
• Issued also in electronic format.

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• Sex — Religious aspects.
• Sex — Religious aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst01114185

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• Includes bibliographical references (p. 358-388) and index.
• Introduction. Using this book : bibliography and translations — Judaism. The Bible : the origins of the Jewish people — Tanakh : history and revelation — Tanakh : canon and translations — Interpretation of Torah : Mishnah and Talmuds, Shulhan Aruch — Maimonides : Mishneh Torah — Qabalah : Zohar — Liturgy and prayer : Amida and Piyyutim — Christianity. The New Testament : Jesus and the canon — The New Testament : the Gospels — The New Testament : Epistles and other writings — Translations : the Vulgate, the authorised version — Creeds and confessions : the Apostles’ and the Nicene Creeds, from Augsburg to Peter the Great — Councils : ecumenical councils, Vatican I, Vatican II — Prayers and hymns : the Office, the Book of Common Prayer, hymns, John and Charles Wesley — Liturgy and eucharist : the Last Supper, Kontakia — Prayer and monastic orders : Basil the Great, Dionysius, The Philkalia — Monasticism : Rule of Benedict — Christianity of the Celts : Columbanus, Patrick, Carmina Gaedelica — Acts of the martyrs : Polycarp, Dietrich Bonhoeffer — Augustine : The Confessions — Thomas Aquinas : Summa contra Gentiles, Summa Theologica — Poetry : Dante and others — The Reformations : Luther, Calvin — The Reformations : Trent, John of the Cross, Ignatius — Islam. The Quran : Muhammad the Prophet — The Quran : Revelation, the People of the Book — The Quran : the Mushaf — Hadith : the six sound collections — Sharia and the life of Muhammad : ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah — alGhazali : Ihya ‘Ulum udDin, Munqidh min adDalal — Sufis — The poets of Persia : Farid, Sa’di, Hafiz, Juami, Rumi — Zoroastrians and Parsis. Zarathustra : Gathas, Yasna, Avesta — India. The Vedas — Upanishads and Agamas — Sutras : Badarayana’s Vedanta Sutra, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra — Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras : Manusmriti — The Epics : Ramayana and Mahabharata — Puranas : Bhagavata Purana — The song of the Lord : Bhagavadgita — The love of God : Gitagovinda — The love of God : Alvars and Nayanars — Tantra :
• Grand in its sweep, this survey of the sacred writings of the major religions of the world offers a thoughtful introduction to the ideas and beliefs upon which great faiths are built. Under the expert guidance of John Bowker, a religious scholar and author of international stature, readers explore the key texts of Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsi, Confucian, Daoist, and Shinto traditions. The author discusses some four hundred books, among them such well-known sacred texts as the Bible and the Quran, but also spiritual writings by theologians, philosophers, poets, and others. Bowker provides clear and illuminating commentary on each text, describing the content and core tenets of the work and quoting pertinent passages. He also sets the writings in religious and historical contexts, showing how they have influenced–and in many cases continue to influence–artistic, musical, literary, and political traditions. The Message and the Book is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the meaning and the deep significance of primary religious texts of civilizations around the globe. –Dust jacket.

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• Sacred books.

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• Religion — Philosophy.
• Twelve-step programs — Religious aspects.

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• Introduction / Jacob Neusner — In the beginning — Native Americans and their religions / Sam Gill — Christian foundations of American religions — Protestant Christianity in the world and in America / Martin E. Marty — The religious world of African Americans / Peter J. Paris — The Catholics in the world and in America / Andrew M. Greeley and Paul Murray — The religious world of Latino/a-Hispanic Americans / Justo L. González and Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi — Orthodox Christianity in the world and in America / Jaroslav Pelikan and John McGuckin — Other monotheistic traditions in America — Judaism in the world and in America / Jacob Neusner — Islam in the world and in America / John L. Esposito — The Bahá’í Faith in the world and in America / Mike McMullen — More recent arrivals — Hinduism in India and in America / Gerald James Larson — Buddhism in the world and in America / Malcolm David Eckel — East Asian religions in today’s America / Robert S. Ellwood and Mark A. Csikszentmihalyi — Made (or re-made) in the U.S.A — World religions made in the U.S.A. : apocalyptic communities : Seventh-day Adventists and Jehovah’s Witnesses / Dell deChant — World religions made in the U.S.A. : metaphysical communities : Christian Science and theosophy / Dell deChant — New thought : a quintessentially American religion / Dell deChant — The Church of Scientology : a very new American religion / Dell deChant and Danny L. Jorgensen — Nature religions : American neopaganism and witchcraft / Danny L. Jorgensen — The Latter-day Saint (Mormon) religion in America and the world / Danny L. Jorgensen — The Unification Church / George D. Chryssides — Issues in American religion — Religion and women in America / Eleanor J. Stebner — Religion and politics in America / Andrew M. Greeley and Fred Frohock with Esben Gerhauge — Religion and society in America / William Scott Green.
• This volume contains a collection of essays that survey the various religions as they are practiced and represented in the United States, and also the religious world of various ethnic and national populations. Each of 14 chapters is devoted to a religious group or topic and written by a prominent scholar in the field of religious studies. The scholars provide factual data concerning each religion or topic, as well as their personal observations, opinions, and conclusions, giving the student not only a well-informed introduction to religions in America but also a sense that these religions are alive, active, and relevant to one’s and the world’s well-being. Of special interest are the chapters on religion and its relationship to women, politics, and society in general. Every chapter ends with study questions, essay topics, word explorations, and a further reading list.

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• United States — Religion.

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