Religion in America, Volume II : Primary Sources in U.S. History Series: 2 - Softcover

Baker, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495005126 ISBN 13: 9780495005124

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2005

Synopsis

Understand the development and impact of religion in the United States with RELIGION IN AMERICA! From the earliest of times, Americans have wrestled with questions that religious contradictions raise, such as: Is the United States a holy experiment or a secular refuge from oppressive religion? Should our priority as a people and nation be to encourage individual achievement or community spirit? Is our role in world affairs to be an inspiration to other nations or to wield power? These questions, which fashioned US political and social debate, have continually been inspired by, reflected in, and influenced by religious commentary and action. This reader helps you explore the history of these religious contradictions, so you can better understand the world we live in today.

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Part I: WEALTH OF A NATION: THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. 1. Religious Endorsement of the Industrial Revolution. 2. Religious Criticism of Wealth and the "Robber Barons". 3. Religious Responses to the Urbanization that Resulted from Industrialism. 4. New Religious Structures. Part II: RELIGION IN AMERICA'S IMPERIAL AGE. 5. Religion and Manifest Destiny. 6. Religion as Motivator and Critic of American World Influence. 7. A New Age of World Missions. 8. Religious Responses to World War I. Part III: RELIGIOUS CRISES OF IDENTIFY IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY. 9. Religion and the Women's Movement. 10. Revivalism in an Urban Setting. 11. Debate Between Fundamentalism and Humanism. 12. Debate Between Science and Religion. Part IV: RELIGION IN BOOM, BUST, AND WORLD WAR: 1920S, 1930S, AND 1940s. 13. Conspicuous Consumption. 14. Prohibition. 15. Depression. 16. World War II. Part V: AMERICAN RELIGION IN MODERN DRESS. 17. "Mid-Century Religious Phenomenon". 18. The Increasing Strength of Catholicism. 19. New Religious Communities in the American Mosaic. 20. Unification Movements. 21. American Civil Religion and the Presidency. 22. Television and Modern Religious Life. 23. Social Controversy. 24. Religious Litigation: Supreme Court Cases. 25. America's Ongoing Spirit of Devotion.

About the Author

Dr. James T. Baker is a graduate of Baylor and Florida State Universities. He holds the title of University Distinguished Professor of History at Western Kentucky University. He has been a Fulbright Senior Lecturer in American Studies in both Korea and Taiwan, and for twenty years he directed and taught in study-abroad programs for American students in Britain and Ireland. He is now director of the United States Interns to the Canadian Parliament Program in Ottawa. He has published books on figures such as Thomas Merton, Jimmy Carter, Eric Hoffer, Ayn Rand, Brooks Hays, and Studs Terkel. Professor Baker serves as series editor for the Creators of the American Mind series and has contributed earlier volumes on Nat Turner, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0495005126
• ISBN 13: 9780495005124
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256