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Religion in America	BL2500-2592

America, religions and religion by Catherine L. Albanese Clearly written in accessible language, this text presents an introduction to religion in the United States, by one of the most influential young scholars in the field, giving students the benefit of the author's extensive scholarship and research.
Call Number: BL2530.U6 A43 1992
ISBN: 0534164889
Publication Date: 1991-11-14
New world faiths: religion in colonial America by Butler, Jon
Publication Date: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs in America by Gurinder Singh Mann; Paul Numrich; Raymond Williams Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs in America explores the challenges that Asian immigrants face when their religion--and consequently culture--is "remade in the U.S.A." Peppered with stories of individual people and how they actually live their religion, this informative book gives an overview ofeach religion's beliefs, a short history of immigration--and discrimination--for each group, and how immigrants have adapted their religious beliefs since they arrived. Along the way, the roles of men and women, views toward dating and marriage, the relationship to the homeland, the "brain drain"from Asia of scientists, engineers, physicians, and other professionals, and American offshoots of Asian religions, such as the Hare Krishnas and Transcendental Meditation (TM), are discussed. The authors will update the text to cover such topics as the growth of Buddhist temples and the Hindutvamovement.
Call Number: BL2525 .M356 2008
ISBN: 9780195333114
Publication Date: 2007-12-03
Santeria by Miguel A. De La Torre This book by Miguel De La Torre offers a fascinating guide to the history, beliefs, rituals, and culture of Santer�a ? a religious tradition that, despite persecution, suppression, and its own secretive nature, has close to a million adherents in the United States alone. Santer�a is a religion with Afro-Cuban roots, rising out of the cultural clash between the Yoruba people of West Africa and the Spanish Catholics who brought them to the Americas as slaves. As a faith of the marginalized and persecuted, it gave oppressed men and women strength and the will to survive. With the exile of thousands of Cubans in the wake of Castro's revolution in 1959, Santer�a came to the United States, where it is gradually coming to be recognized as a legitimate faith tradition. Apart from vague suspicions that Santer�a's rituals include animal sacrifice and notions that it is a ?syncretistic? form of Catholicism, most people in America's cultural and religious mainstream know very little about this rich faith tradition ? in fact, many have never heard of it at all. De La Torre, who was reared in Santer�a, sets out in this book to provide a basic understanding of its inner workings. He clearly explains the particular worldview, myths, rituals, and practices of Santer�a, and he discusses what role the religion typically plays in the life of its practitioners as well as the cultural influence it continues to exert in Latin American communities today. In offering a balanced, informed survey of Santer�a from his unique ?insider-outsider? perspective, De La Torre also provides insight into how Christianity and Santer�a can enter into dialogue ? a dialogue that will challenge Christians to consider what this emerging faith tradition can teach them about their own. Enhanced with illustrations, tables, and a glossary, De La Torre's Santer�a sheds light on a religion all too often shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding.
Call Number: BL2532.S3 D4 2004
ISBN: 9780802849731
Publication Date: 2004-08-23

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Encyclopedia of Religion and the Law in America by Laura Mars-Proietti (Editor); Christopher Anglim (Editor) This informative, easy-to-use reference work covers a wide range of legal issues that affect the roles of religion and law in American society. Extensive A-Z entries provide coverage of key court decisions, case studies, concepts, individuals, religious groups, organizations, and agencies shaping religion and law in today's society.
ISBN: 1592372988
Publication Date: 2009-03-01
Encyclopedia of American Religious History by Edward L. Queen (Editor); Stephen R. Prothero; Gardiner H. Shattuck Praise for the previous edition:The writing is lively and easy to understand...This work will add a unique dimension to American history courses, particularly on the AP level.--School Library Journal ...highly recommended for general as well as academic collections.--Library Journal Entries are clearly and concisely written and nonpartisan in tone...a fine resource covering issues germane not just to churches and the devout but to U.S. culture and society at large.--BooklistThis timely reference guide reflects the significant issues and the current state of American religious history. In hundreds of thoughtful, informative entries, Encyclopedia of American Religious History, Fourth Edition outlines the numerous philosophers, personalities, social issues, and cultural histories of religious practices throughout American history. Special emphasis is placed on recent developments in religious life in this country and the historical contributions of people long neglected by mainstream religious historians, including African Americans, Native Americans, and women. In addition, an expanded introduction gives students a narrative historical overview of religion in America.Entries include:AbortionAmerican Civil Liberties UnionAnabaptistsDaniel and Philip BerriganCircuit ridesCouncil on American-Islamic RelationsFaith-based initiativesFundamentalismHomosexualityL. Ron HubbardIslamismMegachurchesJohn Paul IIPolitics and religionReligious rightSanctuary movementSeptember 11, 2001SufismTechnologyUnited States Catholic conferenceWahhabismWar and religionWiccaWomen and religion. ul style=color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11
ISBN: 9781438141862
Publication Date: 2017-10-01
Encyclopedia of American Religions: Religious Creeds by J. Gordon Melton (Editor) These companion volumes presents over 500 religious creeds, confessions, statements of faith, summaries of belief and articles of religion associated with the many branches of Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, and other religions practiced in America.
Call Number: BT990 .E58 1988
ISBN: 0810321327
Publication Date: 1987-11-01
Religions of the United States in Practice, Volume 1 by Colleen McDannell (Editor) Religions of the United States in Practice is a rich anthology of primary sources with accompanying essays that examines religious behavior in America. From praying in an early American synagogue to performing Mormon healing rituals to debating cremation, Volume 1 explores faith through action from Colonial times through the nineteenth century. The documents and essays consider the religious practices of average people--praying, singing, healing, teaching, imagining, and persuading. Some documents are formal liturgies while other texts describe more spontaneous religious actions. Because religious practices also take place in the imagination, dreams, visions, and fictional accounts are also included. Accompanying each primary document is an essay that sets the religious practice in its historical and theological context--making this volume ideal for classroom use and accessible to any reader. The introductory essays explain the various meanings of religious practices as lived out in churches and synagogues, in parlors and fields, beside rivers, on lecture platforms, and in the streets. Religions of the United States in Practice offers a sampling of religious perspectives in order to approximate the living texture of popular religious thought and practice in the United States. The history of religion in America is more than the story of institutions and famous people. This anthology presents a more nuanced story composed of the everyday actions and thoughts of lay men and women.
Call Number: BL2525.R46882001
ISBN: 0691009988
Publication Date: 2001-12-02

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