Donald C. Swift

Religion and the American Experience: A Social and Cultural History, 1765-1996 (eBook, ePUB)

A Social and Cultural History, 1765-1996

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Religion in the USA manifests itself in many forms and this book examines them, from religion in the early republic, to early African American religion, reform, nativism movements, and fundamentalism, up to the contemporary culture wars, in a study that spans almost 250 years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315293271
• Artikelnr.: 49350509

Autorenporträt

Donald C. Swift is a professor of history at Edinboro University of Penn>sylvania. His special interests are American religious, cultural, and social history, and he has worked in a number of interdisciplinary situations.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Religion in the New Republic 2. Early African American Religion 3. Native American Religion 4. Societal Change and the Second Awakening 5. Women
the Churches
and Empowerment 6. Reform
Political Divisions
and Disunion 7. Postbellum African American Religion 8. Beyond the Mainstream: Immigrants
Nativism
and Cultural Conflict 9. Socioeconomic Change and Politics 10. Fundamentalists Versus Modernists 11. The Contemporary Scene