Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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Part of the series Blackwell companions to religion;Blackwell companions to religion.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Interpreting American religion: Surveying Religion in America / Philip Goff — Religion in American society and culture. The American Revolution / Thomas S. Kidd — Borderlands / Kristy Nabhan-Warren — Church and state / Derek Davis — Civil religion / Ira Chernus — Class and labor / Richard J. Callahan, Jr. — Denominations / Russell E. Richey — Economics / James Hudnut-Beumler — Family / Rebecca L. Davis — Film / Judith Weisenfeld — Gender / Sarah E. Johnson — Health / Christopher G. White — Sensory cultures : material and visual religion reconsidered / Sally M. Promey, Shira Brisman — Media / Robert S. Fortner — Millennialism / Stephen J. Stein — Missions / Wilbert R. Shenk — Piety, practice, and ritual / Kathryn Lofton — Popular culture / John Schmalzbauer — Race and ethnicity / Roberto R. Trevįo — Regions / Philip L. Barlow — Revivals / Michael McClymond — Science / William Durbin — Social reform / Zoe Trodd — Theology and belief / Robert E. Brown — Women / Susanna Morrill — Traditions and movements: American Indians / Tracy Neal Leavelle — Anabaptists / David L. Weaver-Zercher — Baptists / Paul Harvey — The Black Church / Sylvester Johnson — Buddhism / Charles S. Prebish — Catholicism to 1945 / Michael Pasquier — Catholicism since 1945 / Philip Gleason — Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints / David J. Whittaker — Eastern Orthodox Christianity / Amy A. Slagle — Evangelicalism / Darren Dochuk — Hinduism / Khyati Y. Joshi — Holiness and Pentecostalism / Jonathan R. Baer — Islam / Edward E. Curtis IV — Judaism / Yaakov Ariel — Lutherans / Susan Wilds McArver — New and homegrown religions / Sean McCloud — Protestant Liberalism / Mark Hulsether — Reformed tradition / D.G. Hart — Wesleyan tradition / Christopher H. Evans.
- A remarkable achievement. This work draws on an impressive array of scholars of American religion to provide in brief and accessible form a series of introductions to key topics in the field, including excellent bibliographies. It should be on the desk of anyone who teaches about religion in America. Peter W. Williams, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. These helpful and well-chosen essays supplement existing encyclopedias by focusing upon how the study of religion in America itself has changed. Students and scholars alike will appreciate the volumes reflection on defining and studying the field, following it from its origins in ̀church history’ to the present day mix of approaches, strategies, and new topics that characterize American religious histor. In short, the companion tells us how we got from there to here. Paula Kane, University of Pittsburgh. Over the past two decades, the writing of American religious history has finally blossomed to embrace some of the unique voices and viewpoints that have been ignored for too long. Reflecting this rich diversity of new perspectives, The Blackwell Companion to Religion in America has gathered together dozens of prestigious scholars from across the field’s generations. In a series of thought-provoking original essays, these leading contributors consider a wide range of issues relating to the presentation and explication of religious history in the United States. Topics addressed extend from religion traditions explored range from Baptists and Methodists to Buddhists and Mormons. Each essay maintains an unwavering critical eye to enhance our understanding of how these subjects are discussed at different times during our history. Collectively, this groundbreaking new volume represents the most sustained effort by scholars of American religious history to provide insights into the historiography of religion and its creation within evolving political and social frameworks. Presented with clarity and eloquence The Blackwell Companion to Religion in America pro
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