| Description |
ix, 272 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Setting the stage. Defining and measuring religion: classical views and theories -- Contemporary views and theories of religion -- The changing faces of history -- Mainline religions in historical and sociological context. Mainline Protestantism: the erosion of cultural dominance -- The evangelical surge -- American Catholicism: a "ghetto" church no more -- Contemporary Judaism: interweaving religious and cultural identities -- Transmitting religion -- Religion, politics, and government -- Gender, sexuality, and religion -- Moving beyond the mainstream. African American religion: community, conflict, and change -- Religion, race, and poverty -- Faiths on the margins -- The Mormon perspective -- Religion and social change -- Where American religion is heading. Spirituality's challenge to religion -- Contemporary religious thought: from tradition to experience -- A new pluralism comes to America -- Is America a Christian nation?: religious pluralism in the twenty-first century. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
United States -- Religion -- 1945-
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| Added Author |
Tranby, Eric.
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| ISBN |
9780415617376 |
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0415617375 |
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9780415617383 paperback |
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0415617383 paperback |
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