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| Approaches to American Religious History | |
| Essays | |
| Democracy in America Vol. 1, ôIndirect Influence of Religious Opinions upon Political Society.ö | |
| WomenÆs History is American Religious History | |
| Church Membership Has Increased Throughout American History, Especially in the Most Demanding Groups | |
| European-Indian Encounters | |
| Documents | |
| Bernal Diaz del Castillo Describes CortesÆ Replacement of Human Sacrifice with the Cult of the Virgin Mary, c. 1519. 2. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, a Spanish Castaway, Becomes an Indian healer, 1542 | |
| Joseph Jouvency, a Jesuit Priest, Discusses Death and Hell with Canadian Indians, 1610 | |
| Roger Williams Explains Rhode Island IndiansÆ Language and Religion, 1643 | |
| Mary Jemison Describes the Five Feasts by Which the Seneca Marked the Changing Seasons, c.1750 | |
| Tecaughretanego Explains Why the Great Spirit Sometimes Permits Men to Go Hungry Before Feeding Them, 1758 | |
| John Heckwelder Describes the Delaware IndiansÆ View of Bear Spirits, c.1750 | |
| John Muir Witnesses the Conversion of Thlinkit Indians to Christianity, c.1876 | |
| Essays | |
| The Ordeal of the Longhouse: The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Civilization | |
| Sacred Revolt: The Muskogees Struggle for a New World | |
| Religious Life in the British Colonies: 1607-1775 | |
| Documents | |
| John Winthrop Outlines His Plan for a Godly Settlement, 1630 | |
| William Bradford Sees GodÆs Mercy and Judgment in New EnglandÆs Changing Fortunes, 1654 | |
| Cotton Mather Advises John Richards on Detecting Witches, 1692 | |
| Jonathan Edwards on the beginnings of revival | |
| Nathan Cole on hearing Whitfield | |
| Benjamin Franklin Explains His Religious Views in a Letter, 1756 | |
| Charles Woodmason, The Carolina Backcountry on the Eve of the Revolution, circa. 1770 | |
| Essays | |
| The PuritansÆ Errand into the Wilderness | |
| Heathens and Infidels: African Christianization | |
| Southern Cross: The Beginnings of the Bible Belt | |
| Religion and Revolution: 1775-1795 | |
| Documents | |
| Abraham Keteltas, sermon from 1777, ôGod Arising and Pleading His PeopleÆs Cause.ö 2. Jonathan BoucherÆs Loyalist Sermon Denounces the Revolution, 1775 | |
| Anthony Benezet, Quaker, Denounces War, 1776 | |
| Isaac Backus, History of New England Baptists | |
| Lucy Wight Meets Shaker Leader Mother Ann Lee, (c. 1780), 1826 | |
| Thomas Jefferson Establishes Religious Freedom in Virginia, 1786 | |
| Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, Federalist 51 | |
| Essays | |
| Religion and American | |
| Deists | |
| How the Revolution Stimulated New Religious Movements | |
| Religion in the Early Republic: 1790-1850 | |
| Documents | |
| Peter Cartwright, Autobiography, 1856 | |
| Charles Grandison Finney Stirs Up Religious Emotions at Revival Meetings, 1835 | |
| Joseph Smith Explains How an Angel Guided Him to Found the Latter-Day Saints (Mormons), 1842 | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson Describes the ôOver-Soul,ö 1841 | |
| Anonymous Ex-Slave Sees the Ghost of Her Dead Master c.1850 | |
| Henry Bibb, a Slave, Uses Conjuring to Prevent Harm and Attract Women, 1849 | |
| Samuel Ringgold Ward Escapes from Slavery and Becomes a Minister (1820), 1855 | |
| Essays | |
| Awash in a Sea of Faith | |
| The SlavesÆ Own Religion | |
| Immigrants and Reformers | |
| Documents | |
| Alexis de Tocqueville Sees Catholicism and Democracy as Compatible, 1835 | |
| Maria Monk Shocks Protestant Readers with Allegations of Sex and Violence in a Nunnuery, 1836 | |
| John Francis Maguire Recounts the Suffering of Irish Catholic Immigrants (1846), 1887 | |
| Benajmin Roth Warns His Emigrant Son Solomon About Moral and Religious Dangers in America, 1854 | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe Advocates Enlightened Observance of the Sabbath, 1853 | |
| Angelina Grimke Uses the Bible to Justify Abolishing Slavery, 1838 | |
| Frederick Douglass Compares Southern SlaveownersÆ Religion with That of Jesus, 1845 | |
| Thornton Stringfellow Argues That the Bible Is Pro-slavery, 1860 | |
| Essays | |
| American Catholic: The Saints and Sinners Who Built AmericaÆs Most Powerful Church | |
| Slaveholders and the Bible. | |
| The Civil War | |
| Documents | |
| John Candler Gregg, union chaplain with the 127th Pennsylvania Volunteers | |
| William W. Bennett, Narrative of the Great Revival in the Southern Armies | |
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson Witnesses the Religious Life of Black Soldiers, 1864 | |
| George Barton Remembers a Pious Irish-American Nun Nursing the Wounded at Shiloh, 1863 | |
| Arthur Howard Noll, Doctor Quintard, Chaplain CSA | |
| Abraham Lincoln, ôGettysburg Addressö and ôSecond Inaugural Address.ö 7. Isaac Lane, From Slave to Preacher Among the Freedmen | |
| Essays | |
| Civil War as Armageddon | |
| Stonewall Jackson and the Providence of God.ö | |
| Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the American Civil War. | |
| Temperance and the New Immigration | |
| Documents | |
| Charles Sheldon, editorials in The Jesus Newspaper: The Christian Experiment of 1900 and its Lessons for Today | |
| Carry Nation, The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation | |
| Booth Tucker Describes the Salvation ArmyÆs Social and Gospel Work in Slums and Saloons, 1900 | |
| Rosa, an Immigrant, Contrasts Her Italian Catholicism with the American Version, c. 1890 | |
| Abraham Cahan Shows How American Business Life and Religious Pluralism Shattered a Russian Jewish ImmigrantÆs Traditional Faith, 1916 | |
| Anzia Yezierska Confronts an Orthodox Jewish Father over Changing Patterns of Religion and WomenÆs Work, 1925 | |
| Swami Vivekananda Describes His Life as a Hindu Celebrity in America, 1893 | |
| Essays | |
| Madonna of 115th St | |
| American Judaism: A History | |
| Intellectual Controversies | |
| Documents | |
| Charles Hodge Denounces DarwinÆs Theory of Evolution as Atheistic, 1874 | |
| Lyman Abbott Argues That Christianity and Evolutionary Theory Are Compatible, 1892 | |
| Harold FredericÆs Fictional Methodist Preacher Discovers His Ignorance of Biblical History, 1896 | |
| Washington Gladden Explains Higher Criticism, 1894 | |
| William Jennings Bryan Defends Biblical Infallibility, 1924 | |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton Finds Feminist Messages in Genesis, 1895 | |
| George Herron Depicts Jesus as a Revolutionary Socialist, 1899 | |
| W. E. B. DuBois, Jesus Christ in Texas | |
| Essays | |
| Darwin and the Divine in America: Protestant Intellectuals and Organic Evolution | |
| American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon. | |
| Adapting To Modernity and Complexity | |
| Documents | |
| Virginia Durr, Outside the Magic Circle | |
| Amy Semple McPherson, This is That: Personal Experiences, Sermons and Writings | |
| Clara Grillo Recalls Protestant-Catholic Tensions in Cleveland, c. 1920 | |
| Jacob Sonderling, Immigrant Rabbi, Observes American Jewish life, c. 1930 | |
| Sinclair Lewis Satirizes the Narrowness of Midwestern Baptists, 1927 | |
| Mordecai Kaplan Defends JewsÆ Life in Two Civilizations, 1948 | |
| Will Herberg Analyzes Religion and Assimilation, 1955 | |
| Donald Thorman Assesses New Roles for Catholic Laity, 1962 | |
| Essays | |
| Jewish Food and Jewish Identity | |
| Revive Us Again: The Reawakening of American Fundamentalism | |
| Catholics and American Culture. | |
| Religion and Protest Movements | |
| Documents | |
| Martin Luther King, Jr., Preaches on the Power of Love, 1963 | |
| James Baldwin Becomes a Boy Preacher in Harlem (c. 1936), 1963 | |
| Two Statements by Malcolm X: 1. GodÆs Judgment of White America (Dec. 1963) and 2. Letter From Mecca (April 1964) | |
| National Conference of Black Churchmen Demands Equal Power, 1966 | |
| Christianity Today Criticizes Black AmericansÆ Intimidation of White Churches, 1969 | |
| Tom Cornell, Catholic Worker Pacifism | |
| Tina Bell joins an Anti-Abortion Demonstration, 1988 | |
| Essays | |
| Leadership | |
| Urban Catholics and the Civil Rights Movement | |
| Religion and Counterculture | |
| Documents | |
| Jacob Needleman Discovers the Appeal of Eastern Religions, 1970 | |
| Hal Lindsay Foresees the Millennial ôRapture,ö 1970 | |
| Eric Norman, Gods and Devils from Outer Space | |
| Brad Steiger, The UFO Abductors | |
| J. Stillson Judah Explains Why Hippies Join the Hare Krishnas, 1974 | |
| Starhawk Advocates Witchcraft, 1979 | |
| Carol Christ is Initiated into Goddess Worship, 1987 | |
| Essays | |
| Religion in America Since 1945: A History 2. J. Gordon Melton, Rise and Fall of the New Age Movement | |
| New Immigrants and Religious Multiculturalism | |
| Documents | |
| Karen McCarthy Brown, Mama Lola: A Voudou Priestess in Brooklyn | |
| Charles Munzy Attends Vietnamese Funerals in Oklahoma City, 1989 | |
| Richard Rodriguez Recalls His Hispanic-Catholic Childhood, 1981 | |
| Kambiz GhaneaBassiri Explains MuslimsÆ Mixed Feelings About American Culture, 1997 | |
| Richard Wormser Describes Pressures on Muslim Teenagers in American High Schools, 1994 | |
| Prema Kurien Explains HindusÆ Adjustments to American life, 1998 | |
| Essays | |
| The Dynamics of Islamic Identity in North America | |
| Latinos and the New Immigrant Church | |
| Contrasting Immigrant Buddhists and ôWhite Buddhists.ö | |
| Religion, Politics, and the Constitution | |
| Documents | |
| Billy Graham Urges a Troubled Nation to Turn Back to God, 1965 | |
| C. Stanley Lowell Defends His Fear of Catholics in 1960 | |
| Joseph M. Hopkins Deplores the Supreme CourtÆs Decision Against School Prayers, 1963 | |
| Evangelicals for Social Action Offer Guidance on Voting Biblically, 1980 | |
| Langdon Gilkey Opposes Creation Science, 1985 | |
| Christianity Today Describes Political Coalition-Building to Restore Religion in Schools, 1984 | |
| Wilfred M. McClay Warns Against the Political Contamination of Religion, 1988 | |
| Michael W. McConnell Fears for American Religious Freedom, 1990 | |
| Essays | |
| The Supreme Court and the First Amendment | |
| Fundamentalism and Politics. | |
| Religion at the Turn of the Millennium: 1990-2010 | |
| Documents | |
| Gustav Niebuhr, Men Crowd Stadiums to Fulfill Their Souls | |
| Andrew Sullivan, Virtually Normal | |
| Editors of Christianity Today, Walking in Truth | |
| Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson discussion on ô700 Clubö argue that the ACLU and abortionists must share blame for 9/11 attack | |
| Frank Silecchia, The Cross at Ground Zero | |
| Jeremiah Wright, Confusing God and Government | |
| Barack Obama, A More Perfect Union | |
| Essays | |
| Islam in America Post 9/11 | |
| A People Adrift | |
| The Hindu Gods in a Split-Level World: The Sri Siva-Vishnu Temple in Suburban Washington, DC | |
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