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Informationen zum Autor Lynn Bridgers is assistant professor of pastoral ministries and religious education at St. Thomas University in Miami and is author of Contemporary Varieties of Religious Experience. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Focusing on Christianity in America! this book presents a study of American religious history! and integrates the inter-religious! inter-denominational and multi-cultural dimensions of American religious history. It also unfolds consistent tensions between dominant streams of American Christianity and groups relegated to the periphery. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 In Sun & Shadow Chapter 2 Calvin in New England Chapter 3 Piety in Pennsylvania Chapter 4 John Wesley & the Methodists Chapter 5 Jonathan Edwards, Congregationalism & the Evangelical Tradition Chapter 6 The Amish & the Mennonites Chapter 7 The Quakers & the Shakers Chapter 8 Bacon, Swedenborg & Transcendentalism Chapter 9 Catholic-Anti-Catholic Chapter 10 American Judaism Chapter 11 Anglican to Episcopal Chapter 12 Lutherans, Germans & Scandinavians Chapter 13 Evolution of the Black Church Chapter 14 Baptists & Baptism Chapter 15 Pentecostals & the Holiness Movement Chapter 16 The California Missions & the Hispanic Southwest Chapter 17 Raids, Ghosts & Renewal Chapter 18 Mormon Country Chapter 19 Gold Mountain Chapter 20 Pluralism & Periphery ...
