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A Companion to American Religious History - (Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History) by Benjamin E Park

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  • A collection of original essays exploring the history of the various American religious traditions and the meaning of their many expressions The Blackwell Companion to American Religious History explores the key events, significant themes, and important movements in various religious traditions throughout the nation's history from pre-colonization to the present day.
  • About the Author: BENJAMIN E. PARK is Assistant Professor of History, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, USA.
  • 400 Pages
  • History, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
  • Series Name: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History

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"The Blackwell Companion to American Religious History consists of roughly thirty original essays on critical themes and topics in American religious history. There will be three primary points of emphasis: the centrality of religion to American cultural, political, social, racial, gender, and intellectual history; the diversity of religious expressions across regions, races, and denominations; and the role of religion in eras of historical change. Though more microhistorical in approach, and historically bound in framework, chapters will glean broader lessons concerning the volume's larger themes and address questions typically asked in American history courses. The recent generation of scholars have produced a plethora of exciting and revisionist interpretations in the field, and this volume will condense and explain them for anew generation of readers. In a world still struggling to define the parameters of pluralism, this edited collection provides both a historical genealogy for the various traditions as well as meaning for its many expressions. A Companion to American Religious History will serve as a resource for teachers, especially those who do not teach American religous history but who wish to expose their students to the significance, variety, and malleability of America's religious past"--



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A collection of original essays exploring the history of the various American religious traditions and the meaning of their many expressions

The Blackwell Companion to American Religious History explores the key events, significant themes, and important movements in various religious traditions throughout the nation's history from pre-colonization to the present day. Original essays written by leading scholars and new voices in the field discuss how religion in America has transformed over the years, explore its many expressions and meanings, and consider religion's central role in American life.

Emphasizing the integration of religion into broader cultural and historical themes, this wide-ranging volume explores the operation of religion in eras of historical change, the diversity of religious experiences, and religion's intersections with American cultural, political, social, racial, gender, and intellectual history. Each chronologically-organized chapter focuses on a specific period or event, such as the interactions between Moravian and Indigenous communities, the origins of African-American religious institutions, Mormon settlement in Utah, social reform movements during the twentieth century, the growth of ethnic religious communities, and the rise of the Religious Right. An innovative historical genealogy of American religious traditions, the Companion:

  • Highlights broader historical themes using clear and compelling narrative Helps teachers expose their students to the significance and variety of America's religious past
  • Explains new and revisionist interpretations of American religious history
  • Surveys current and emerging historiographical trends
  • Traces historical themes to contemporary issues surrounding civil rights and social justice movements, modern capitalism, and debates over religious liberties

Making the lessons of American religious history relevant to a broad range of readers, The Blackwell Companion to American Religious History is the perfect book for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in American history courses, and a valuable resource for graduate students and scholars wanting to keep pace with current historiographical trends and recent developments in the field.



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A Companion to AMERICAN RELIGIOUS HISTORY

A collection of original essays exploring the history of the various American religious traditions and the meaning of their many expressions

A Companion to American Religious History explores the key events, significant themes, and important movements in various religious traditions throughout the nation's history from pre-colonization to the present day. Original essays written by leading scholars and new voices in the field discuss how religion in America has transformed over the years. They also explore its many expressions and meanings, and consider religion's central role in American life.

Emphasizing the integration of religion into broader cultural and historical themes, this wide-ranging volume explores the operation of religion in eras of historical change, the diversity of religious experiences, and religion's intersections with American cultural, political, social, racial, gender, and intellectual history. Each chronologically-organized chapter focuses on a specific period or event, such as the interactions between Moravian and Indigenous communities, the origins of African-American religious institutions, Mormon settlement in Utah, social reform movements during the twentieth century, the growth of ethnic religious communities, and the rise of the Religious Right. An innovative historical genealogy of American religious traditions, the Companion

  • Highlights broader historical themes using clear and compelling narrative
  • Helps teachers expose their students to the significance and variety of America's religious past
  • Explains new and revisionist interpretations of American religious history
  • Surveys current and emerging historiographical trends
  • Traces historical themes to contemporary issues surrounding civil rights and social justice movements, modern capitalism, and debates over religious liberties

Making the lessons of American religious history relevant to a broad range of readers, A Companion to American Religious History is the perfect book for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in American history courses, and is a valuable resource for graduate students and scholars wanting to keep pace with current historiographical trends and recent developments in the field.



About the Author



BENJAMIN E. PARK is Assistant Professor of History, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, USA. His articles and essays have been published in Church History, Journal of the Early Republic, Journal of American Studies, Washington Post, and Newsweek, amongst others. He is the author of American Nationalisms: Imagining Union in the Age of Revolutions, 1783-1833 and Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier.

Dimensions (Overall): 10.1 Inches (H) x 7.2 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: 2.1 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 400
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Series Title: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: Hardcover
Author: Benjamin E Park
Language: English
Street Date: February 9, 2021
TCIN: 1005414272
UPC: 9781119583660
Item Number (DPCI): 247-33-3026
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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