American Religious History (Wiley Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History)

In this outstanding historical reader, the editor has gathered nine essays and over thirty primary documents to present a coherent picture of the history of American religion.Content: Chapter 1 Errand into the Wilderness (pages 27–42): Perry Miller Chapter 2 Exchanging Selves, Exchanging Souls: Contact, Combination, and American Religious History (pages 43–65): Catherine L Albanese Chapter 3 Shouting Methodists (pages 66–86): Ann Taves Chapter 4 Protestantism as Establishmen (pages 87–100): William R. Hutchison Chapter 5 American Fundamentalism: The Ideal of Femininity (pages 101–116): Randall Balmer Chapter 6 Catholicism and American Culture: Strategies for Survival (pages 117–136): Jay P. Dolan Chapter 7 Conservative Judaism (pages 137–145): Gerson D. Cohen Chapter 8 “Introduction,” The Faces of Buddhism in America (pages 146–157): Charles S. Prebish Chapter 9 Striving for Muslim Women's Human Rights ? Before and Beyond Beijing: An African American Perspective (pages 158–168): Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons Chapter 10 A Model of Christian Charity (1630) (pages 171–174): John Winthrop Chapter 11 Examination of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson (1637) (pages 175–177): Chapter 12 A Key into the Language of America (1643) (pages 178–180): Roger Williams Chapter 13 Poems (1640–1665) (pages 181–185): Anne Bradstreet Chapter 14 The Nature of True Virtue (1765) (pages 186–192): Jonathan Edwards Chapter 15 Act for Establishing Religious Freedom (1779) (pages 193–195): Thomas Jefferson Chapter 16 The Code of Handsome Lake (ca. 1800) (pages 196–199): Edward Complanter Chapter 17 What a Revival of Religion is (1834) (pages 200–204): Charles Grandison Finney Chapter 18 The Life and Religious Experience of Jarena Lee (1836) (pages 205–214): Jarena Lee Chapter 19 Nature (1836) (pages 215–218): Ralph Waldo Emerson Chapter 20 Poems (1863–1864) (pages 219–221): Emily Dickinson Chapter 21 The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny (1865) (pages 222–224): Orestes Brownson Chapter 22 Our Country's Place in History (1869) (pages 225–229): Isaac M. Wise Chapter 23 Pre?Existence of Our Spirits (1872) (pages 230–234): Orson Pratt Chapter 24 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (1875) (pages 235–237): Mary Baker Eddy Chapter 25 A Function of the Social Settlement (1899) (pages 238–243): Jane Addams Chapter 26 The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) (pages 244–253): William James Chapter 27 The Scofield Reference Bible (1909) (pages 254–258): Chapter 28 Christianity and Liberalism (1923) (pages 259–263): J. Gresham Machen Chapter 29 From Union Square to Rome (1939) (pages 264–267): Dorothy Day Chapter 30 The Future of the American Jew (1948) (pages 268–270): Mordecai M. Kaplan Chapter 31 “Foreword,” The Sacred Pipe (1953) (pages 271–272): Black Elk Chapter 32 “Sunflower Sutra” (1955) and “Kaddish” (1958) (pages 273–278): Alien Ginsberg Chapter 33 Nonviolence and Racial Justice (1957) (pages 279–284): Martin Luther King Chapter 34 God's Judgment of White America (1963) (pages 285–290): Malcolm X Chapter 35 “Preface,” The Protestant Establishment (1964) (pages 291–296): E. Digby Baltzell Chapter 36 Religious Freedom (1966) (pages 297–300): John Courtney Murray Chapter 37 Beyond God the Father (1973) (pages 301–304): Mary Daly Chapter 38 Ceremony (1977) (pages 305–307): Leslie Marmon Silko Chapter 39 “American Indian Religious Freedom,” Public Law 95–341 (pages 308–310): Chapter 40 Sexism and God?Talk (1983) (pages 311–314): Rosemary Radford Ruether Chapter 41 The Voice of Sarah (1990) (pages 315–320): Tamar Frankiel Chapter 42 Thoughts Without a Thinker (1995) (pages 321–323): Mark Epstein Chapter 43 Active Faith (1996) (pages 324–327): Ralph Reed Part I Introduction. Part II Historical Essays: Errand Into the Wilderness, Parry Miller; Exchanging Selves, Exchanging Souls - Contact, Combination, and American Religious History; Fits, Trances, & Visions, Ann Taves; Protestantism as Establishment, William R. Hutchison; American Fundamentalism - The Ideal of Femininity, Randall Balmer; Catholicism and American Culture - Strategies for Survival, Jay P. Dolan; Conservative Judaism. Part II Introduction: The Faces of Buddhism in America, Charles S. Prebish; Striving for Muslim Women's Human Rights-Before and Beyond Beijing - An African American Perspective, Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons. Part III Primary Documents: A Model of Christian Charity, John Winthrop; Examination of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson; A Key to the Language of America, Roger Williams; Poems by Anne Bradstreet; The Nature of True Virtue, Jonathan Edwards; Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, Thomas Jefferson; The Code of Handsome Lake, Edward Cornplanter; What a Revival of Religion Is, Charles Grandison Finney; The Life and Religious Experience of Jarena Lee, Jarena Lee; Nature, Ralph Waldo Emerosn; Poems by Emily Dickinson; The American Republic - Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny, Orestes Brownson; Our Country's Place in History, Isaac M. Wise; Pre-Existence of Our Spirits, Orson Pratt; A Function of the Social Settlement, Jane Addams; The Varieties of Religious Experience, A Study in Human Nature, William James; Selections from the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelations - Scofield Reference Bible; Christianity and Liberalism, J. Gresham Machen; From Union Square to Rome, Dorothy Day; The Future of the American Jew, Mordecai M. Kaplan; The Sacred Pipe - Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux, Black Elk; "Sunflower Sutra" and "Kaddish" Part I, Allen Ginsberg; Nonviolence and Racial Justice, Martin Luther King, Jr.; God's Judgment of White America, Malcolm X; Preface, The Protestant Establishment, E. Digby Baltzell Religious diversity is more prolific and wide-ranging in the United States than in any other country. The legal guarantee of religious freedom has encouraged respect for religious difference as well as tendencies to debunk institutional religious authority. In this historical reader, editor Amanda Porterfield has gathered nine essays and over 30 primary documents to present a picture of the history of American religion. This identifies major developments and important controversies in American religious history as well as presenting a wide range of beliefs and practices involved. Porterfield also includes an introductory essay that serves as a map for the dozens of articles and documents that follow In this historical reader, Amanda Porterfield has gathered nine essays and over 30 primary documents to present a picture of the history of American religion. The book identifies major developments and important controversies, as well as presenting a wide range of beliefs and practices involved. * Contains nine scholarly essays and over 30 primary documents to give a coherent picture of American religious history. * Balanced selections identify major developments and important controversies in history and in historical scholarship. Annotation In this outstanding historical reader, the editor has gathered nine essays and over thirty primary documents to present a coherent picture of the history of American religion This volume aims to help students and scholars understand more about some of the most important moments, trends, aspects, and interpretations of American religious history