Religion in Contemporary America.
This book provides a fresh, engaging multi-disciplinary introduction to religion in contemporary America. The chapters explore the roots of contemporary American religion from the 1950s up to the present day, looking at the major traditions including mainline Protestantism, the evangelical-pentecost...
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013
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Table of Contents:
- Religion in Contemporary America; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Part I:Setting the stage; 1 Defining and measuring religion: classical views and theories; 2 Contemporary views and theories of religion; 3 The changing faces of history; Part II:Mainline religions in historical and sociological context; 4 Mainline Protestantism: the erosion of cultural dominance; 5 The evangelical surge; 6 American Catholicism: a "ghetto" church no more; 7 Contemporary Judaism: interweaving religious and cultural identities; 8 Transmitting religion; 9 Religion, politics, and government.
- 10 Gender, sexuality, and religionPart III:Moving beyond the mainstream; 11 African American religion: community, conflict, and change; 12 Religion, race, and poverty; 13 Faiths on the margins; 14 The Mormon perspective; 15 Religion and social change; Part IV:Where American religion is heading; 16 Spirituality's challenge to religion; 17 Contemporary religious thought: from tradition to experience; 18 A new pluralism comes to America; 19 Is America a Christian nation? Religious pluralism in the twenty-first century; Index.
