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The religious history of America /
In this book, Leigh Schmidt teams up with Edwin Gaustad to produce a fully revised, updated, and expanded version of a modern classic. First published in 1966, The religious history of America made the religious dimensions of our common history readily accessible. This edition expands its scope, inc...
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San Francisco :
HarperSanFrancisco,
©2002.
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| Edition: | Rev. ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- I. Religion in the colonial era. Beginnings
- English exploration and Anglican establishment
- Puritan New England
- Middle-colony diversity
- From Maryland Catholics to Georgia evangelicals
- II. Religious ferment from the Revolution to the Civil War. Liberty and Enlightenment
- Freedom and revival
- Redeeming the West
- A house of faith divided
- III. Modern prospects from cityscapes to Bible battles. Immigration and diversity
- Cities and social gospels
- The church and the world
- Growth and schism
- Faith and reason
- IV. Religious transformation from World War II to the new millennium. War, peace, and religious renewal
- The courts, the schools, the streets
- Justice, liberation, union
- Politics and pluralism.