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An edition of America, religions and religion (1981)

America, religions and religion

2nd ed.
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Since its first publication in 1981, AMERICA: RELIGIONS AND RELIGION has become the standard introduction to the study of American religious traditions. Written by one of the foremost scholars in the field of American religions, this textbook has introduced thousands of students to the rich religious diversity that has always been a hallmark of the American religious experience. Beginning with native American religious traditions and following the course of America's religious history up to the present day, this text gives students the benefit of the author's extensive, influential scholarship in a clear manner that has proven to be readily accessible for today's undergraduates. This long-awaited new edition explores a variety recent events and developments, including increasing religious pluralism, the growth of postpluralism and the culture of religious combinations, recent religious change among Native Americans, renewed interest in the Kabbalah among Jews and others, present-day concerns in Catholicism and among Protestants, the Christian Right, new spirituality, religion and sexuality.

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1999, Wadsworth Pub.
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America, religions and religion
1992, Wadsworth Pub. Co., Wadsworth Pub Co
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America, religions and religion
1981, Wadsworth Pub. Co.
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Belmont, Calif

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Dewey Decimal Class
291/.0973
Library of Congress
BL2530.U6 A43 1992

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Pagination
xxv, 548 p. :
Number of pages
548

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Open Library
OL1542810M
ISBN 10
0534164889
LCCN
91021694
OCLC/WorldCat
23940009
LibraryThing
608231
Goodreads
5115006

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OL2756242W

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