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Religion In America

by: Hemeyer, Julia Corbett

Religion In America

by: Hemeyer, Julia Corbett

ISBN 13:
9780131539143
ISBN 10:
0131539140
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2006
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Summary

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

Preface

Part One PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS

Introduction: Religious America: Diversity and Freedom

(8)

Studying and Describing Religion

(11)

Why Study Religion?

(1)

Studying Religion as a Part of the Humanities

(5)

The World Wide Web: A Resource for Studying Religion

(1)

Describing Religion

(2)

Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing

(1)

For Further Reading

(1)

Relevant World Wide Web Sites

(1)

Religion in the Life of the United States

(14)

Disestablishment and the Constitution

(3)

By the Numbers: Data on Religious America at the Turn of the Century

(1)

Religion in Public Life: Faith-Based Initiatives

(1)

Religion after 9-11

(1)

Religion on Campus

(2)

Civil Religion and Beyond

(1)

Popular Religion

(3)

Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing

(1)

For Further Reading

(1)

Relevant World Wide Web Sites

(1)

Conflict and Controversy

(26)

Sexual Misconduct by the Clergy

(4)

Same-Sex Marriage and the Role of Gays and Lesbians in Communities of Faith

(4)

Religion and Violence after 9-11

(9)

Religious Expression in a Religiously Plural Culture

(6)

Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing

(1)

For Further Reading

(1)

Relevant World Wide Web Sites

(1)

Part Two THE CHRISTIAN MAJORITY---COMMONALITY AND DIVERSITY

Protestant Christians and Denominational Protestantism: A Decreasing Majority

(31)

Christian Faith and Practice: An Overview

(4)

Protestant Christianity

(5)

Denominational Protestantism

(2)

Women in Denominational Religion

(2)

Denominational Distinctiveness

(13)

Women in Denominational Protestantism

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

Questions and Activities for Review, Discussion, and Writing

(1)

For Further Reading

(1)

Relevant World Wide Web Sites

(1)

Diverse Themes in American Christianity

(32)

Fundamentalist and Very Conservative Christians

(3)

Evangelical Christians

(4)

Megachurches

(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 Strangers

305

(2)

Index

307

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Religion In America

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9780131539143

0131539140

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