American Religions : A Documentary History
ISBN: 9780195170450 | 0195170458
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 1/30/2007
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Religion has played a complex, vibrant, and multifaceted role in our nation's history. One of the most effective ways to help students explore its vitality is through primary sources. American Religions: A Documentary History is the only one-volume, up-to-date collection of primary sources available for American religious history courses. Featuring a creative dual structure--the readings are arranged both chronologically and thematically--this indispensable sourcebook can be used in both historically and topically organized courses. Balancing c... MORE
| Preface for Instructors | p. x |
| Acknowledgments | p. xviii |
| Introduction | p. xx |
| Colonial Settlement to the 1730s | p. 1 |
| Affirming Divine Providence: Explorers, Missionaries, and Colonizers Come to America | |
| The Bull Sublimis Deus (1537) | p. 2 |
| Of Plymouth Plantation (1620-47) | p. 3 |
| Spirituall Milk for Boston Babes in Either England (1656) | p. 10 |
| P... MORE | |
| A Model of Christian Charity (1630) | p. 16 |
| Sleeping at Sermons Is a Great and a Dangerous Evil (1682) | p. 19 |
| Anxious Souls: Seeking Assurance in Puritan New England | |
| To My Dear Children (1867) and To My Dear and Loving Husband (1678) | p. 23 |
| Diary (1677-1727) | p. 27 |
| Conflict and Violence, Gender and Ethnicity: Antinomianism and Indians | |
| The Examination of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson (1637) | p. 37 |
| A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1682) | p. 63 |
| Letter to the Indians (1681) | p. 73 |
| Challenges to the Established Order: Baptists, Quakers, and Witch-Hunting | |
| Letter to the Town of Providence on the Limits of Religious Liberty (1654-55) | p. 75 |
| A Persuasive to Moderation to Church Dissenters, in Prudence and Conscience (1686) | p. 76 |
| From Wonders of the Invisible World (1692) | p. 80 |
| Revival, Revolution, and the Enlightenment, 1740-1800 | p. 91 |
| Debating Decorum and Religious Experience: Revivalism and the Great Awakening | |
| From Some Thoughts Concerning the Present Revival of Religion in New-England (1743) | p. 92 |
| From Seasonable Thoughts on the State of Religion in New-England (1743) | p. 102 |
| Beyond New England: Southern Anglicanism, Methodist Perfection | |
| I Cor. 14 v. 40 Let All Things Be Done Decently and in Order (1770) | p. 109 |
| A Plain Account of Christian Perfection (1777) | p. 115 |
| Piety, Christian Love, and Resistance to Slavery | |
| On Being Brought from Africa to America (1773), On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield (1770), and Thoughts on the Works of Providence (1773) | p. 121 |
| From The Journal of John Woolman and On Silent Worship | p. 127 |
| Bringing Outsiders In: More Encounters with Indians, Early American Jews | |
| From Journal (1745) | p. 138 |
| The Petition of the Philadelphia Synagogue to Council of Censors of Pennsylvania (1783) | p. 148 |
| Enlightenment Views of Religious Tolerance and Liberty | |
| A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom (1779) | p. 150 |
| Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments (1785) | p. 152 |
| From An Alphabetical Compendium of the Various Sects Which Have Appeared in the World from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Present Day (1784) | p. 157 |
| From New Republic to Divided Nation, 1800-65 | p. 163 |
| New Theologies Absorb Old Orthodoxies: Mormonism, Transcendentalism, Communitarianism | |
| The Articles of Faith (1842) and Revelation (1835) | p. 164 |
| Harvard Divinity School Address (1838) | p. 172 |
| Diverse Modes of Religious Conversion | |
| Letters (1805) | p. 183 |
| From Memoirs (1876) | p. 189 |
| Instructions to the Priest-Monk Theophan (1853) | p. 196 |
| Slave Religion and African American Resistance | |
| From The Life and Religious Experience of Jarena Lee (1836) | p. 197 |
| From Narrative of the Life of an American Slave (1845) | p. 213 |
| Evangelicalism, Abolitionism, and Pro-Slavery Christianity | |
| Appeal to the Christian Women of the South (1836) | p. 220 |
| Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism (1837) | p. 235 |
| From The Christian Doctrine of Slavery (1857) | p. 239 |
| Europeans Attempt to Define Religion in America | |
| From Democracy in America (1835) | p. 245 |
| From America (1855) | p. 262 |
| Science, Immigration, and Consumer Capitalism, 1865-1920 | p. 283 |
| Darwinism, the Social Gospel, and the Gospel of Wealth | |
| Evolution (1884) | p. 284 |
| From Acres of Diamonds (1890) | p. 301 |
| From A Theology for the Social Gospel (1917) | p. 309 |
| Reshaping Aged Creed: Reform Judaism, New Thought, Black Protest | |
| Pittsburgh Platform (1885) | p. 321 |
| From In Tune with the Infinite (1897) | p. 323 |
| The Sorrow Songs (1903), Credo (1904), and A Litany of Atlanta (1906) | p. 328 |
| Narratives of Americanization and Resistance | |
| From Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux (1932) | p. 341 |
| The Promised Land (1912) | p. 352 |
| Conflicts of Immigration and Immigrants | |
| From Our Country (1886) | p. 365 |
| Meeting with Archbishop John Ireland (1889) | p. 382 |
| The Heathen Invasion of America (1912) | p. 384 |
| Turning Outward: The Early Comparative Study of Religion | |
| The Ten Religions and Christianity (1891) | p. 389 |
| Hinduism as a Religion and Farewell (1893) | p. 402 |
| From The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) | p. 411 |
| From Fundamentalism to Civil Rights, 1920-65 | p. 417 |
| Fundamentalism, Liberalism, and Neo-orthodoxy | |
| Shall the Fundamentalists Win? (1922) | p. 418 |
| From The Irony of American History (1952) | p. 424 |
| Jewish Observance and Catholic Sacramentalism | |
| From God in Search of Man (1955) | p. 434 |
| From New Seeds of Contemplation (1961) | p. 447 |
| Alienation, Dissidence, and Rebellion Against Traditional Authorities | |
| From The Long Loneliness (1952) | p. 462 |
| From Dharma Bums (1958) | p. 486 |
| Black Encounters with World Religions and the Struggle Against Racism | |
| What We May Learn from India (1936) and Howard and Sue Bailey Thurman Meet with Mahatma Gandhi (1936) | p. 492 |
| Letter from Birmingham City Jail (1963) | p. 502 |
| Letters from Abroad (1964) | p. 514 |
| The "American Way of Life" and Its Critics | |
| From Protestant-Catholic-Jew (1955) | p. 517 |
| Multiplicity, Pluralism, and Conflict after 1965 | p. 535 |
| The 1960s and Beyond: Theological Responses to Social and Political Crises | |
| From Beyond God the Father (1973) | p. 536 |
| Christian Theological Mediocrity (1984) | p. 547 |
| Gay Friendship: A Thought Experiment in Catholic Moral Theology (1998) | p. 550 |
| Ritual Practice, and Spiritual Poetry in a Pluralistic Society | |
| The Ways We Worship (1998) | p. 561 |
| From Seeking the Heart of Wisdom (1987) | p. 571 |
| Eagle Poem (1990) | p. 584 |
| Spring song (1987), the light that came to lucille clifton (1980), and testament (1980) | p. 585 |
| Religious Outings: Multiple Spiritual Personalities in a Post-Sixties America | |
| From Stranger at the Gate (1994) | p. 587 |
| Religion and Conflict after 9/11 | |
| From The Name (2002) | p. 602 |
| Letter to Franklin Graham from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (2002) | p. 605 |
| Danger and Grace-Sept. 11 and America's Religious Moment (2002) | p. 606 |
| Privatization, Secularization, and Religious Flourishing: The Enduring Challenges of Religious Expression in America | |
| From Habits of the Heart (1985) | p. 609 |
| Religious Expression in Public Schools (1995) | p. 624 |
| From Democracy and Tradition (2004) | p. 627 |
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