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基本説明
The best succinct survey of American religious history available.
Full Description
"Quite ambitious, tracing religion in the United States from European colonization up to the 21st century.... The writing is strong throughout."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"One can hardly do better than Religion in American Life.... A good read, especially for the uninitiated. The initiated might also read it for its felicity of narrative and the moments of illumination that fine scholars can inject even into stories we have all heard before. Read it."--Church History
This new edition of Religion in American Life, written by three of the country's most eminent historians of religion, offers a superb overview that spans four centuries, illuminating the rich spiritual heritage central to nearly every event in our nation's history. Beginning with the state of religious affairs in both the Old and New Worlds on the eve of colonization and continuing through to the present, the book covers all the major American religious groups, from Protestants, Jews, and Catholics to Muslims, Hindus, Mormons, Buddhists, and New Age believers. Revised and updated, the book includes expanded treatment of religion during the Great Depression, of the religious influences on the civil rights movement, and of utopian groups in the 19th century, and it now covers the role of religion during the 2008 presidential election, observing how completely religion has entered American politics.
Contents
Preface ; RELIGION IN COLONIAL AMERICA ; Jon Butler ; Chapter 1: Worlds Old and New ; Chapter 2: Religion and Missions in New Spain and New France ; Chapter 3: Religion in England's First Colonies ; Chapter 4: The Flowering of Religious Diversity ; Chapter 5: African and American Indian Religion ; Chapter 6: Reviving Colonial Religion ; Chapter 7: Religion and the American Revolution ; RELIGION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA ; Grant Wacker ; Chapter 8: Prophets for a New Nation ; Chapter 9: Awakeners of the Heart ; Chapter 10: Reformers and Visionaries ; Chapter 11: Restorers of Ancient Ways ; Chapter 12: Sojourners at Home ; Chapter 13: Warriors for God and Religion ; Chapter 14: Fashioners of Immigrant Faiths ; Chapter 15: Innovators in a World of New Ideas ; Chapter 16: Conservers of Tradition ; Chapter 17: Adventurers of the Spirit ; RELIGION IN TWENTIETH- AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AMERICA ; Randall Balmer ; Chapter 18: A New Century ; Chapter 19: The Age of Militancy ; Chapter 20: In God We Trust ; Chapter 21: Religion in the New Frontier ; Chapter 22: Religion in an Age of Upheaval ; Chapter 23: Preachers, Politicians, and Prodigals ; Chapter 24: Coming to Terms with Pluralism ; Chapter 25: Religion in the New Millennium ; Epilogue ; Chronology ; Further Reading ; Text Credits ; Picture Credits ; Index
