1st Edition
Religion and the American Experience: A Social and Cultural History, 1765-1996 A Social and Cultural History, 1765-1996
By Donald C. Swift
Copyright 1998
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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Religion in the USA manifests itself in many forms and this book examines them, from religion in the early republic, to early African American religion, reform, nativism movements, and fundamentalism, up to the contemporary culture wars, in a study that spans almost 250 years.
Introduction 1. Religion in the New Republic 2. Early African American Religion 3. Native American Religion 4. Societal Change and the Second Awakening 5. Women, the Churches, and Empowerment 6. Reform, Political Divisions, and Disunion 7. Postbellum African American Religion 8. Beyond the Mainstream: Immigrants, Nativism, and Cultural Conflict 9. Socioeconomic Change and Politics 10. Fundamentalists Versus Modernists 11. The Contemporary Scene
Biography
Donald C. Swift is a professor of history at Edinboro University of Penn>sylvania. His special interests are American religious, cultural, and social history, and he has worked in a number of interdisciplinary situations.
