American Religious History

In this outstanding historical reader, the editor has gathered nine essays and over thirty primary documents to present a coherent picture of the history of American religion.Content: Chapter 1 Errand into the Wilderness (pages 27–42): Perry MillerChapter 2 Exchanging Selves, Exchanging Souls: Contact, Combination, and American Religious History (pages 43–65): Catherine L AlbaneseChapter 3 Shouting Methodists (pages 66–86): Ann TavesChapter 4 Protestantism as Establishmen (pages 87–100): William R. HutchisonChapter 5 American Fundamentalism: The Ideal of Femininity (pages 101–116): Randall BalmerChapter 6 Catholicism and American Culture: Strategies for Survival (pages 117–136): Jay P. DolanChapter 7 Conservative Judaism (pages 137–145): Gerson D. CohenChapter 8 “Introduction,” The Faces of Buddhism in America (pages 146–157): Charles S. PrebishChapter 9 Striving for Muslim Women's Human Rights ? Before and Beyond Beijing: An African American Perspective (pages 158–168): Gwendolyn Zoharah SimmonsChapter 10 A Model of Christian Charity (1630) (pages 171–174): John WinthropChapter 11 Examination of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson (1637) (pages 175–177): Chapter 12 A Key into the Language of America (1643) (pages 178–180): Roger WilliamsChapter 13 Poems (1640–1665) (pages 181–185): Anne BradstreetChapter 14 The Nature of True Virtue (1765) (pages 186–192): Jonathan EdwardsChapter 15 Act for Establishing Religious Freedom (1779) (pages 193–195): Thomas JeffersonChapter 16 The Code of Handsome Lake (ca. 1800) (pages 196–199): Edward ComplanterChapter 17 What a Revival of Religion is (1834) (pages 200–204): Charles Grandison FinneyChapter 18 The Life and Religious Experience of Jarena Lee (1836) (pages 205–214): Jarena LeeChapter 19 Nature (1836) (pages 215–218): Ralph Waldo EmersonChapter 20 Poems (1863–1864) (pages 219–221): Emily DickinsonChapter 21 The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny (1865) (pages 222–224): Orestes BrownsonChapter 22 Our Country's Place in History (1869) (pages 225–229): Isaac M. WiseChapter 23 Pre?Existence of Our Spirits (1872) (pages 230–234): Orson PrattChapter 24 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (1875) (pages 235–237): Mary Baker EddyChapter 25 A Function of the Social Settlement (1899) (pages 238–243): Jane AddamsChapter 26 The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) (pages 244–253): William JamesChapter 27 The Scofield Reference Bible (1909) (pages 254–258): Chapter 28 Christianity and Liberalism (1923) (pages 259–263): J. Gresham MachenChapter 29 From Union Square to Rome (1939) (pages 264–267): Dorothy DayChapter 30 The Future of the American Jew (1948) (pages 268–270): Mordecai M. KaplanChapter 31 “Foreword,” The Sacred Pipe (1953) (pages 271–272): Black ElkChapter 32 “Sunflower Sutra” (1955) and “Kaddish” (1958) (pages 273–278): Alien GinsbergChapter 33 Nonviolence and Racial Justice (1957) (pages 279–284): Martin Luther KingChapter 34 God's Judgment of White America (1963) (pages 285–290): Malcolm XChapter 35 “Preface,” The Protestant Establishment (1964) (pages 291–296): E. Digby BaltzellChapter 36 Religious Freedom (1966) (pages 297–300): John Courtney MurrayChapter 37 Beyond God the Father (1973) (pages 301–304): Mary DalyChapter 38 Ceremony (1977) (pages 305–307): Leslie Marmon SilkoChapter 39 “American Indian Religious Freedom,” Public Law 95–341 (pages 308–310): Chapter 40 Sexism and God?Talk (1983) (pages 311–314): Rosemary Radford RuetherChapter 41 The Voice of Sarah (1990) (pages 315–320): Tamar FrankielChapter 42 Thoughts Without a Thinker (1995) (pages 321–323): Mark EpsteinChapter 43 Active Faith (1996) (pages 324–327): Ralph Reed

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