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Religion and Public Life in the Mountain West

Author : Mark Silk
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 0759115591
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (591 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Public Life in the Mountain West written by Mark Silk and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2004-05-26 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Huge mountain ranges and vast uninhabited areas characterize the Mountain West. The region is home to several dense urban centers, but there is enough space between cities for three very distinct religious cultures to develop. Arizona and New Mexico's religious public life is still dominated by the Catholic church which was in place three centuries before these areas became U.S. states. Mormons came to Utah and Idaho in the 19th century to set up their own church-state and only later were admitted to the Union. Religious minorities from Native Americans to 'mainstream' Protestants must contend with these religious establishments. In the third subregion of Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana no one religious body dominates and many inhabitants claim no religious affiliation at all. Religion and Public Life in the Mountain West explores these three distinct religious regions but then goes on to see how they work together and what they have in common.

Religion and Public Life in the South

Author : Charles Reagan Wilson
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759106352
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Public Life in the South written by Charles Reagan Wilson and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2005 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 2002 chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court had a two-ton monument of the Ten Commandments placed into the rotunda of the Montgomery state judicial building. But this action is only a recent case in the long history of religiously inspired public movements in the American South. From the Civil War to the Scopes Trial to the Moral Majority, white Southern evangelicals have taken ideas they see as drawn from the Christian Scriptures and tried to make them into public law. But blacks, women, subregions, and other religious groups too vie for power within and outside this Southern Religious Establishment. Religion and Public Life in the South gives voice to both the establishment and its dissenters and shows why more than any other region of the country, religion drives public debate in the South.

Religion and Public Life in the Southern Crossroads

Author : William D. Lindsey
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759106338
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Public Life in the Southern Crossroads written by William D. Lindsey and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2005 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of public religion in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Region

Author : Wade Clark Roof
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759106390
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (63 download)

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Book Synopsis Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Region by : Wade Clark Roof

Download or read book Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Region written by Wade Clark Roof and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2005 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pretty much like the rest of the country, only more so." This quip from Wallace Stegner well-represents the Pacific region's religious culture. California, Nevada, and Hawaii emerged more recently, more quickly and with more diversity and fluidity than the other United States. Although influenced by Mexican Catholicism, Native Traditions, Asian Religions, and Euro-American Christianity, no religious tradition dominates, and a secular ethos usually reigns. But this very religious indifference makes California and the rest of the region open to all sorts of missionary movements and religious innovations. New organizational forms, new spiritual therapies, and new religious hybrids all compete for residents' attention along with secular ways for making meaning. With all these options, residents of the region mix, match, and move between religious identities more than other Americans. Without ignoring its diversity, Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Region highlights the key aspects of the region's fluctuating religions and its spirituality's impact on political life.

Religion and Public Life in the Middle Atlantic Region

Author : Randall Herbert Balmer
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759106376
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (63 download)

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Book Synopsis Religion and Public Life in the Middle Atlantic Region by : Randall Herbert Balmer

Download or read book Religion and Public Life in the Middle Atlantic Region written by Randall Herbert Balmer and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2006 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of public religion in Delaware, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington DC.

Religion and Public Life in the South

Author : Charles Reagan Wilson
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759106352
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Public Life in the South written by Charles Reagan Wilson and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2005 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 2002 chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court had a two-ton monument of the Ten Commandments placed into the rotunda of the Montgomery state judicial building. But this action is only a recent case in the long history of religiously inspired public movements in the American South. From the Civil War to the Scopes Trial to the Moral Majority, white Southern evangelicals have taken ideas they see as drawn from the Christian Scriptures and tried to make them into public law. But blacks, women, subregions, and other religious groups too vie for power within and outside this Southern Religious Establishment. Religion and Public Life in the South gives voice to both the establishment and its dissenters and shows why more than any other region of the country, religion drives public debate in the South.

America's Religions

Author : Peter W. Williams
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 025207551X
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book America's Religions written by Peter W. Williams and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A panoramic introduction to religion in America, newly revised and updated

Religion and Public Life in the Midwest

Author : Philip L. Barlow
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759106314
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (63 download)

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Book Synopsis Religion and Public Life in the Midwest by : Philip L. Barlow

Download or read book Religion and Public Life in the Midwest written by Philip L. Barlow and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2004 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not just in the middle geographically, the Midwest represents the American average in terms of beliefs, attitudes, and values. The region's religious portrait matches the national religious portrait more closely than any other region. But far from making the Midwest dull, "average" means most every religious group and religious issue are represented in this region. Unlike other volumes in the series, Religion and Public Life in the Midwest includes a chapter devoted to a single city (Chicago), a chapter on a single Mainline Protestant denomination (Lutherans), and a chapter on religious variations in urban, surburan, and rural settings. This fourth book in the Religion by Region series does not neglect the pervasive image of the "typical" Midwesterner, but it does let the region's marbled religious diversity come through.

Faith in America

Author : Charles H. Lippy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313049610
Total Pages : 870 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Faith in America written by Charles H. Lippy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-09-30 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last 25 years, there has been much talk of the presumed decline in religious participation in America. In addition, from the 1960s on, surveys that mark the influence of religion in American life have shown a mixed response. Many suggest that religion is losing influence in the culture as a whole; others indicate that while organized religion may be experiencing challenges, spirituality is on the upswing. At the same time, however, there have been signs that religious life in the U.S. is extraordinarily healthy. But religion in America has changed, to be sure, in a number of ways. And it has changed us and our culture in return. This timely set looks at the major forces that are changing the shape of religion in American life. With an influx of immigrants from Asia, Latin America, and other regions, the diversity of religion has grown to include Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and other faiths. Latin American and African American communities have experienced changes in the ways they practice their faith and in turn influence American culture in general. Women have entered the clergy in record numbers, and the push for allowing women and gays to enter the clergy in religions that limit or prohibit their roles is on the increase. In addition, gay couples are leading the same-sex marriage movement, and other social issues such as abortion, stem-cell research, end of life care, etc., are still being debated. Interest over how people actually live out their religion or spirituality has mushroomed in recent decades, thanks in part to the information revolution and popular culture. What folks do when they gather together to worship, and where they come together, has changed dramatically with the advent of the Internet and the role of sports in American life. So much has changed, and faith in America has become more important than ever—as part of our culture, our way of life, and the way we relate to each other and the world around us. The essays found in these pages shed light on our understanding of these transformations and help us comprehend the enormous role of religion in our society and in our world.

Religion and American Politics

Author : Mark A. Noll
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195317157
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Religion and American Politics written by Mark A. Noll and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays examine how religious beliefs and practices have shaped political thought and behaviour (and vice versa), and how in certain periods religious and political thought has coincided or moved in opposition, and how minority perspectives have challenged majority views.

The Faith Factor

Author : John C. Green
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313050848
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Faith Factor written by John C. Green and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-03-30 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impact of religion on the 2004 presidential election results provoked widespread consternation and surprise. In fact, religion and faith have played a vital role in American elections for some time, and here, Green explores the links and how they have changed over time.Green posits that an old religion gap describing longstanding political differences among religious communities has been supplanted by a new religion gap revealing political divisions based on religious behavior and belief. He puts the differences into context and documents the changing role of religion in politics over the last 60 years. The impact of religion on the 2004 presidential election results provoked widespread consternation and surprise. Given the intensity and closeness of the results, however, the role of religion should not have come as a shock. In fact, religion and faith have played a vital role in American elections for some time, and here, Green explores the links and how they have changed over time. Specifically, he concludes that there was an old religion gap that described longstanding political differences among religious communities, which has been supplanted by a new religion gap that shows political divisions based on religious behavior and belief. Green puts the differences into context and documents the changing role of religion in politics over the last sixty years. Covering three areas of religion that tend to influence election outcomes, Green illuminates the meaning of religious belonging, behaving, and believing in current political context. Each of these aspects of religion affects the way people vote and their views of issues, ideology, and partisanship. He reviews the importance of moral values in the major party coalitions and discusses the role religious appeals have in presidential campaigns. In addition, he compares the influence of religion to other factors such as gender, age, and income. Given the emphasis on the influence of religion on American politics and elections in recent years, this book serves as a cogent reminder that the situation is not new, and offers a careful analysis of the real role faith plays in the electing of government officials.

Railroading Religion

Author : David Walker
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469653214
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Railroading Religion written by David Walker and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railroads, tourism, and government bureaucracy combined to create modern religion in the American West, argues David Walker in this innovative study of Mormonism's ascendency in the railroad era. The center of his story is Corinne, Utah—an end-of-the-track, hell-on-wheels railroad town founded by anti-Mormon businessmen. In the disputes over this town's frontier survival, Walker discovers intense efforts by a variety of theological, political, and economic interest groups to challenge or secure Mormonism's standing in the West. Though Corinne's founders hoped to leverage industrial capital to overthrow Mormon theocracy, the town became the site of a very different dream. Economic and political victory in the West required the production of knowledge about different religious groups settling in its lands. As ordinary Americans advanced their own theories about Mormondom, they contributed to the rise of religion itself as a category of popular and scholarly imagination. At the same time, new and advantageous railroad-related alliances catalyzed LDS Church officials to build increasingly dynamic religious institutions. Through scrupulous research and wide-ranging theoretical engagement, Walker shows that western railroads did not eradicate or diminish Mormon power. To the contrary, railroad promoters helped establish Mormonism as a normative American religion.

Religion and Public Life in New England

Author : Andrew Walsh
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759106291
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Public Life in New England written by Andrew Walsh and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2004 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although stoical New Englanders may not be showy about it, religion continues to play a powerful role in their culture. In fact, their very reticence to discuss religion may stem from long-standing religious divisions in the region. Examining Catholics and Protestants, as well as Conservative Protestants, African Americans, and Jews, this third volume in the Religion by Region series provides a very readable account of religion in this most regional of U.S. regions.

The Blackwell Companion to Religion in America

Author : Philip Goff
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9781444324099
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Blackwell Companion to Religion in America written by Philip Goff and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative and cutting edge companion brings togethera team of leading scholars to document the rich diversity andunique viewpoints that have formed the religious history of theUnited States. A groundbreaking new volume which represents the firstsustained effort to fully explain the development of Americanreligious history and its creation within evolving political andsocial frameworks Spans a wide range of traditions and movements, from theBaptists and Methodists, to Buddhists and Mormons Explores topics ranging from religion and the media,immigration, and piety, though to politics and social reform Considers how American religion has influenced and beeninterpreted in literature and popular culture Provides insights into the historiography of religion, butpresents the subject as a story in motion rather than a snapshot ofwhere the field is at a given moment

Gods in America

Author : Charles L. Cohen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199931925
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Gods in America written by Charles L. Cohen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-09-19 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious pluralism has characterized America almost from its seventeenth-century inception, but the past half century or so has witnessed wholesale changes in the religious landscape. Gods in America brings together leading scholars from a variety of disciplines to explain the historical roots of these phenomena and assess their impact on modern American society.

The Making of American Catholicism

Author : Michael J. Pfeifer
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479829455
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book The Making of American Catholicism written by Michael J. Pfeifer and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the development of Catholic cultures in the South, the Midwest, the West, and the Northeast, and their contribution to larger patterns of Catholicism in the United States Most histories of American Catholicism take a national focus, leading to a homogenization of American Catholicism that misses much of the local complexity that has marked how Catholicism developed differently in different parts of the country. Such histories often treat northeastern Catholicism, such as the Irish Catholicism of Boston, as if it reflects the full history and experience of Catholicism across the United States. The Making of American Catholicism argues that regional and transnational relationships have been central to the development of American Catholicism. The American Catholic experience has diverged significantly among regions; if we do not examine how it has taken shape in local cultures, we miss a lot. Exploring the history of Catholic cultures in New Orleans, Iowa, Wisconsin, Los Angeles, and New York City, the volume assesses the role of region in American Catholic history, carefully exploring the development of American Catholic cultures across the continental United States. Drawing on extensive archival research, The Making of American Catholicism argues that American Catholicism developed as transnational Catholics creatively adapted their devotional and ideological practices in particular American regional contexts. They emphasized notions of republicanism, individualistic capitalism, race, ethnicity, and gender, resulting in a unique form of Catholicism that dominates the United States today. The book offers close attention to race and racism in American Catholicism, including the historical experiences of African American and Latinx Catholics as well as Catholics of European descent.

Mainline Christians and U.S. Public Policy

Author : Glenn H. Utter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598840010
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Mainline Christians and U.S. Public Policy written by Glenn H. Utter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-07-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful reference work explores the relationship between mainline Christian denominations and U.S. politics and public policy, from colonial times to the present. Mainline Christian Values and U.S. Public Policy: A Reference Handbook provides a revealing and unbiased look at the emergence of Christian denominations as a political force, primarily from the late 19th century to the present. The book examines the origins, development, current organization and activities, and future prospects of nine mainline U.S. denominations: the American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A., the Catholic Church, the Christian Church, the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Presbyterian Church, the Reformed Church in America, the United Church of Christ, and the United Methodist Church. Readers will encounter a surprising variety of Christian voices offering a range of positions on the Iraq War, abortion, same-sex marriage, global warming, stem-cell research, the death penalty, and other controversial issues.