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Religion In America

ISBN: 9780131539143 | 0131539140
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2006

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SummaryTable of Contents
Religion in America gives students and teachers a comprehensive yet concise introduction to religion in the United States. The Fifth Edition retains the focus on an academic approach to studying religion, religious diversity and empathic understanding that has characterized previous editions of this text, while incorporating new features
Prefacexi
Part One PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS
Introduction: Religious America: Diversity and Freedom
1(8)
... MOREStudying and Describing Religion
9(11)
Why Study Religion?
9(1)
Studying Religion as a Part of the Humanities
10(5)
The World Wide Web: A Resource for Studying Religion
15(1)
Describing Religion
16(2)
Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing
18(1)
For Further Reading
18(1)
Relevant World Wide Web Sites
19(1)
Religion in the Life of the United States
20(14)
Disestablishment and the Constitution
20(3)
By the Numbers: Data on Religious America at the Turn of the Century
23(1)
Religion in Public Life: Faith-Based Initiatives
24(1)
Religion after 9-11
25(1)
Religion on Campus
26(2)
Civil Religion and Beyond
28(1)
Popular Religion
29(3)
Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing
32(1)
For Further Reading
32(1)
Relevant World Wide Web Sites
33(1)
Conflict and Controversy
34(26)
Sexual Misconduct by the Clergy
35(4)
Same-Sex Marriage and the Role of Gays and Lesbians in Communities of Faith
39(4)
Religion and Violence after 9-11
43(9)
Religious Expression in a Religiously Plural Culture
52(6)
Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing
58(1)
For Further Reading
59(1)
Relevant World Wide Web Sites
59(1)
Part Two THE CHRISTIAN MAJORITY---COMMONALITY AND DIVERSITY
Protestant Christians and Denominational Protestantism: A Decreasing Majority
60(31)
Christian Faith and Practice: An Overview
60(4)
Protestant Christianity
64(5)
Denominational Protestantism
69(2)
Women in Denominational Religion
71(2)
Denominational Distinctiveness
73(13)
Women in Denominational Protestantism
86(2)
Conclusion
88(1)
Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing
88(1)
For Further Reading
89(1)
Relevant World Wide Web Sites
90(1)
Diverse Themes in American Christianity
91(32)
Fundamentalist and Very Conservative Christians
92(3)
Evangelical Christians
95(4)
Megachurches
99(3)
The Religious-Political Right
102(7)
Christian Television
109(3)
Holiness Christians
112(3)
Pentecostal Christianity
115(4)
The Charismatic Renewal Movement
119(2)
Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing
121(1)
For Further Reading
121(1)
Relevant World Wide Web Sites
122(1)
Catholic Christians: Similar, Yet Distinctive
123(21)
The Distinctiveness of Catholic Christianity
123(2)
The Second Vatican Council, 1962--1965
125(1)
Other Important Catholic Beliefs
125(2)
Catholic Worship: Word and Sacrament
127(3)
Notes on Catholic Lifestyles
130(2)
The Church as a Social Institution
132(2)
Who Are American Catholics?
134(1)
Catholic and American, American and Catholic
135(3)
Women in the Catholic Church
138(4)
Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing
142(1)
For Further Reading
142(1)
Relevant World Wide Web Sites
143(1)
Ethnic Diversity in Christianity: Two Examples
144(28)
Ethnic Christianity
144(2)
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
146(2)
Eastern Orthodox Christianity in the United States
148(7)
African-American Christianity
155(14)
Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing
169(1)
For Further Reading
170(1)
Relevant World Wide Web Sites
171(1)
American-Born Christianities
172(21)
Latter-day Saints
174(10)
Christian Scientists
184(2)
Seventh-day Adventists
186(2)
Jehovah's Witnesses
188(2)
Reflection: Community and Reassurance
190(1)
Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing
191(1)
For Further Reading
191(1)
Relevant World Wide Web Sites
192(1)
Part Three INCREASING DIVERSITY
Living a Jewish Life in the United States
193(27)
Who Is a Jew?
193(2)
Jews and Christians
195(2)
Principal Beliefs and Practices of Jewish People
197(9)
Jewish Women
206(3)
One Judaism with Several Expressions
209(6)
Holocaust, Memory, and Religiousness
215(1)
Anti-Semitism
215(2)
American Judaism: Into the Future
217(1)
Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing
218(1)
For Further Reading
219(1)
Relevant World Wide Web Sites
219(1)
Humanism and the Unitarian Universalists
220(18)
What Is Humanism?
220(2)
Humanism in the United States
222(2)
Humanist Organizations in the United States
224(1)
Atheism and Agnosticism
225(4)
Unitarian Universalism
229(7)
Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing
236(1)
For Further Reading
236(1)
Relevant World Wide Web Sites
237(1)
Muslims in the United States: An Increasing Minority
238(16)
Islam, and Islam in the United States
238(1)
Muhammad
239(1)
The Qur'an
240(1)
Beliefs
240(2)
The Five Pillars of Islam
242(2)
Muslims in the United States
244(3)
Muslim College Students
247(1)
Muslim Organizations
248(1)
Muslim Women in America
249(1)
Islam and Black Americans
250(2)
Into the Future
252(1)
Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing
253(1)
For Further Reading
253(1)
Relevant World Wide Web Sites
253(1)
Hindus and Buddhists: Asia Comes to America
254(27)
Hinduism and Hindus in the United States
255(12)
American Buddhism and Buddhists
267(11)
Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing
278(1)
For Further Reading
279(1)
Relevant World Wide Web Sites
279(2)
Other Religious and Spiritual Movements: Diversity and Dissension
281(24)
The New Age Movement
282(4)
The Self-Help Movement and Twelve-Step Programs
286(3)
Feminist Spiritualities
289(5)
The Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches
294(1)
Religion on the Internet
295(2)
Satanism
297(1)
Christian Identity
298(1)
The Way, Faith Assembly, and the Unification Church
299(4)
Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing
303(1)
For Further Reading
303(1)
Relevant World Wide Web Sites
304(1)
Epilogue: Neighbors, Not Strangers305(2)
Index307

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