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Torn at the Roots
The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America
Inbunden, 2002
1327 kr
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When Jewish neoconservatives burst upon the political scene, many people were surprised. Conventional wisdom held that Jews were uniformly liberal. This book explodes the myth of a monolithic liberal Judaism. Michael Staub tells the story of the many fierce battles that raged in postwar America …
Torn at the Roots
The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America
Häftad, 2004
651 kr
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When Jewish neoconservatives burst upon the political scene, many people were surprised. Conventional wisdom held that Jews were uniformly liberal. This book explodes the myth of a monolithic liberal Judaism. Michael Staub tells the story of the many fierce battles that raged in postwar America …
Equal Rites
The Book of Mormon, Masonry, Gender, and American Culture
Inbunden, 2004
562 kr
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Both the Prophet Joseph Smith and his Book of Mormon have been characterized as ardently, indeed evangelically, anti-Masonic. Yet in this sweeping social, cultural, and religious history of nineteenth-century Mormonism and its milieu, Clyde Forsberg argues that masonry, like evangelical …
The Chautauqua Moment
Protestants, Progressives, and the Culture of Modern Liberalism, 1874-1920
Inbunden, 2003
1006 kr
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This book traces the rise and decline of what Theodore Roosevelt once called the "most American thing in America." The Chautauqua movement began in 1874 on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in western New York. More than a college or a summer resort or a religious assembly, it was a composite of all of …
Latino Pentecostal Identity
Evangelical Faith, Self, and Society
Häftad, 2003
602 kr
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Of the thirty-seven million Latinos living in the United States, nearly five million declare themselves to be either Pentecostal or Charismatic, and more convert every day. Latino Pentecostal Identity examines the historical and contemporary rise of Pentecostalism among Latinos, their conversion …
O God of Players
The Story of the Immaculata Mighty Macs
Av Julie Byrne
Inbunden, 2003
1203 kr
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Between 1972 and 1974, the Mighty Macs of Immaculata College-a small Catholic women's school outside Philadelphia-made history by winning the first three women's national college basketball championships ever played. A true Cinderella team, this unlikely fifteenth-seeded squad triumphed against …
O God of Players
The Story of the Immaculata Mighty Macs
Av Julie Byrne
Häftad, 2003
617 kr
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Between 1972 and 1974, the Mighty Macs of Immaculata College-a small Catholic women's school outside Philadelphia-made history by winning the first three women's national college basketball championships ever played. A true Cinderella team, this unlikely fifteenth-seeded squad triumphed against …
Moral Geography
Maps, Missionaries, and the American Frontier
Inbunden, 2003
2380 kr
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Moral Geography traces the development of a moral basis for American expansionism, as Protestant missionaries, using biblical language and metaphors, imaginatively conjoined the cultivation of souls with the cultivation of land and made space sacred. While the political implications of the mapping …
Moral Geography
Maps, Missionaries, and the American Frontier
Häftad, 2003
392 kr
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Moral Geography traces the development of a moral basis for American expansionism, as Protestant missionaries, using biblical language and metaphors, imaginatively conjoined the cultivation of souls with the cultivation of land and made space sacred. While the political implications of the mapping …
The Church Confronts Modernity
Catholic Intellectuals and the Progressive Era
Inbunden, 2004
1203 kr
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As the twentieth century opened, American intellectuals grew increasingly sympathetic to Pragmatism and empirical methods in the social sciences. The Progressive program as a whole-in the form of Pragmatism, education, modern sociology, and nationalism-seemed to be in agreement on one thing: …
The Church Confronts Modernity
Catholic Intellectuals and the Progressive Era
Häftad, 2006
602 kr
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As the twentieth century opened, American intellectuals grew increasingly sympathetic to Pragmatism and empirical methods in the social sciences. The Progressive program as a whole-in the form of Pragmatism, education, modern sociology, and nationalism-seemed to be in agreement on one thing: …
Faith in Their Own Color
Black Episcopalians in Antebellum New York City
Inbunden, 2005
861 kr
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On a September afternoon in 1853, three African American men from St. Philip's Church walked into the Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and took their seats among five hundred wealthy and powerful white church leaders. Ultimately, and with great reluctance, the Convention had acceded …
Faith in Their Own Color
Black Episcopalians in Antebellum New York City
Häftad, 2023
221 kr
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On a September afternoon in 1853, three African American men from St. Philip's Church walked into the Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and took their seats among five hundred wealthy and powerful white church leaders. Ultimately, and with great reluctance, the Convention had acceded …
Doubting the Devout
The Ultra-Orthodox in the Jewish American Imagination
Inbunden, 2009
1187 kr
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Before 1985, depictions of ultra-Orthodox Jews in popular American culture were rare, and if they did appear, in films such as Fiddler on the Roof or within the novels of Chaim Potok, they evoked a nostalgic vision of Old World tradition. Yet the ordination of women into positions of religious …
Doubting the Devout
The Ultra-Orthodox in the Jewish American Imagination
Häftad, 2009
604 kr
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Before 1985, depictions of ultra-Orthodox Jews in popular American culture were rare, and if they did appear, in films such as Fiddler on the Roof or within the novels of Chaim Potok, they evoked a nostalgic vision of Old World tradition. Yet the ordination of women into positions of religious …
Honoring Elders
Aging, Authority, and Ojibwe Religion
Häftad, 2009
632 kr
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Like many Native Americans, Ojibwe people esteem the wisdom, authority, and religious significance of old age, but this respect does not come easily or naturally. It is the fruit of hard work, rooted in narrative traditions, moral vision, and ritualized practices of decorum that are comparable in …
Displacing the Divine
The Minister in the Mirror of American Fiction
Inbunden, 2010
743 kr
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As religious leaders, ministers are often assumed to embody the faith of the institution they represent. As cultural symbols, they reflect subtle changes in society and belief-specifically people's perception of God and the evolving role of the church. For more than forty years, Douglas Alan …
Chautauqua Moment
Protestants, Progressives, and the Culture of Modern Liberalism, 1874-1920
E-bok, 2003
837 kr
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This book traces the rise and decline of what Theodore Roosevelt once called the "most American thing in America." The Chautauqua movement began in 1874 on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in western New York. More than a college or a summer resort or a religious assembly, it was a composite of all of …
Torn at the Roots
The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America
E-bok, 2004
491 kr
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When Jewish neoconservatives burst upon the political scene, many people were surprised. Conventional wisdom held that Jews were uniformly liberal. This book explodes the myth of a monolithic liberal Judaism. Michael Staub tells the story of the many fierce battles that raged in postwar America …
Honoring Elders
Aging, Authority, and Ojibwe Religion
E-bok, 2009
477 kr
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Like many Native Americans, Ojibwe people esteem the wisdom, authority, and religious significance of old age, but this respect does not come easily or naturally. It is the fruit of hard work, rooted in narrative traditions, moral vision, and ritualized practices of decorum that are comparable in …
Displacing the Divine
The Minister in the Mirror of American Fiction
E-bok, 2010
1142 kr
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As religious leaders, ministers are often assumed to embody the faith of the institution they represent. As cultural symbols, they reflect subtle changes in society and belief-specifically people's perception of God and the evolving role of the church. For more than forty years, Douglas Alan …
Uneasy in Babylon
Southern Baptist Conservatives and American Culture
Inbunden, 2002
624 kr
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Uneasy in Babylon is based on extensive interviews with the most important Southern Baptist conservatives who have wrested control of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) away from moderates. Known to many Americans from their appearances on national TV talk shows, such as Larry King Live, they …
Armed with the Constitution
Jehovah's Witnesses in Alabama and the U.S Supreme Court, 1939-1946
Häftad, 2002
331 kr
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This fascinating history underscores the importance of “little people” in affecting the U.S. government. It stresses the courage of a black man, Rosco Jones, and a white woman, Grace Marsh, who dared to challenge the status quo in Alabama in the early 1940s. These two Jehovah’s Witnesses helped to …
Churches of Christ in the 20th Century
Homer Hailey's Personal Journey of Faith
Häftad, 2002
409 kr
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As a preacher, teacher and author, Homer Hailey was widely known throughout the congregations of the churches of Christ. This biography is also a history of the complex and schismatic American restoration movement that produced the modern-day churches of Christ.
Uplifting the People
Three Centuries of Black Baptists in Alabama
Inbunden, 2007
568 kr
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A distinctive Afro-Baptist faith emerged as African religious emphasis on spirit possession, soul-travel, and rebirth combined with evangelical faith. ""Uplifting the People"" is a history of the Alabama Missionary Baptist State Convention - its origins, churches, associations, conventions, and …
New Vision for Missions
William Cameron Townsend, the Wycliffe Bible Translators, and the Culture of Early Evangelical Faith Missions, 1917-1945
Inbunden, 2008
568 kr
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This title contains a deep biography of the pioneering missionary William Cameron Townsend. ""Cam"" Townsend is rightly known as the visionary founder of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) and the Wycliffe Bible Translators (WBT). This joint effort is now the largest Protestant mission …
It's a New Day
Race and Gender in the Modern Charismatic Movement
Inbunden, 2008
456 kr
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This title examines how popular American religious leaders navigate problems of race and gender in society.""It's a New Day"" chronicles the rise of women and African American evangelists in the independent charismatic movement in post-World War II America. Billingsley observes current figures such …
Keeping the Faith
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives
Av Wayne Flynt
Inbunden, 2011
411 kr
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This historical memoir by the widely recognised scholar, Wayne Flynt, chronicles the inner workings of his academic career at Samford and Auburn Universities, as well as his many contributions to the general history of Alabama. Flynt has travelled the state and the South lecturing and teaching both …
Southern Crucifix, Southern Cross
Catholic-Protestant Relations in the Old South
Av Andrew Stern
Inbunden, 2012
457 kr
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Southern Crucifix, Southern Cross examines the complex and often overlooked relationships between Catholics and Protestants in the antebellum South. In sharp contrast to many long-standing presumptions about mistrust or animosity between these two groups, this study proposes that Catholic and …
Bishops, Bourbons, and Big Mules
A History of the Episcopal Church in Alabama
Inbunden, 2013
568 kr
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Bishops, Bourbons, and Big Mules tells the story of how the Episcopal Church gained influence over Alabama’s cultural, political, and economic arenas despite being a denominational minority in the state.The consensus of southern historians is that, since the Second Great Awakening, evangelicalism …
