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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The kingdom of the cults The kingdom of the cults Walter Ralston Martin It is the purpose of this book to evaluate the so-called cults and isms that today are found in abundance in America and on the great mission fields of the world. My approach to the subject is threef… OL112243W
American religion American religion Mark Chaves 1 online resource (xx, 149 pages) : OL15916851W
To touch the face of God To touch the face of God Kendrick Oliver "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth..." In 1968 the world watched as Earth rose over the moonscape, televised from the orbiting Apollo 8 mission capsule. Radioing back to Houston … OL16654324W
Religion, politics, and the American experience Religion, politics, and the American experience Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer "Chief among the essay topics are the evangelical roots of American political life; early conflicts between Enlightenment thinking and spiritual impulses in developing a national identity; the practi… OL17896523W
On the boundaries of American Evangelicalism On the boundaries of American Evangelicalism Jon R. Stone American Evangelicalism is a vast and nearly indefinable coalition movement of sometimes competing, sometimes cooperating denominations and independent churches whose ideological boundaries have been… OL1976993W
Getting religion Getting religion Kenneth L. Woodward "Blends memoir (especially of the postwar era) with ... reporting and ... historical analysis to tell the story of how American religion, culture, and politics influenced each other in the second hal… OL20043497W
Encyclopedia of new religions Encyclopedia of new religions Christopher H. Partridge This encyclopedia gives readers a comprehensive map of the significant religious and spiritual groups functioning in today's world, especially in the West. The new religions, sects and alternative sp… OL20618205W
New faiths, old fears New faiths, old fears Bruce B. Lawrence "As a result of immigration from Asia in the wake of the passage of the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act, the fastest-growing religions in America - faster than all Christian groups combined - are Is… OL20946150W
Spiritual, but not Religious Spiritual, but not Religious Robert C. Fuller Nearly 40% of all Americans have no connection with organized religion. Yet many of these people, even though they might never step inside a house of worship, live profoundly spiritual lives. But wha… OL53607W
The Amish in the American imagination The Amish in the American imagination David Weaver-Zercher "Enveloped in mystery, Amish culture has remained a captivating topic within mainstream American culture. In The Amish in the American Imagination, David Weaver-Zercher explores how Americans through… OL7795665W