| The American Religious Experience: A Concise History Contributor(s): Bridgers, Lynn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0742550591 ISBN-13: 9780742550599 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $52.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: The American Religious Experience is an accessible and unique rendition of American religious history. Focusing on Christianity in America, it also integrates the inter-religious, inter-denominational and multi-cultural dimensions of American religious history. The book unfolds consistent tensions between dominant streams of American Christianity and groups relegated to the periphery - groups with roots in visionary traditions, emotionalized religious practice, or ethnic and racial perspectives. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 200.973 |
| LCCN: 2005024092 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7.04" W x 8.82" (0.75 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The American Religious Experience offers a short, accessible introduction to American religious history by an award-winning writer. Recognizing the inter-denominational, inter-religious and multi-cultural perspectives that all contribute to the American religious landscape, this book explores the tension between the central, dominant streams of American Christianity and those groups relegated to the periphery. On the edges of the American mainstream we find the histories of groups rooted in visionary traditions, emotionalized forms of religious practice, and ever-expanding ethnic and racial perspectives. The complexity of the religious scene in the United States now, ongoing tensions between identity and diversity, and the many voices that inform American religious practice today grow directly out of the dynamic history that unfolds in these pages. |
