Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Religion in America
View through CrossRef
This book offers an analysis of religion in America from the 1600s to the present, blending rich historical case studies with sociological theory to illuminate the enduring influence of faith in public life.
Religion in America focuses on key moments in American history where religion served as both a catalyst for social change—such as during the anti–Vietnam War protests—and a force for resistance, as seen in opposition to the legalization of contraception. Abrahamson examines the role of religious engagement within a variety of American contexts, applying a wide range of sociological frameworks to draw generalizable insights. In doing so, the book provides readers with a substantive introduction to the sociology of religion and its application to American historical trajectories.
Title: Religion in America
Description:
This book offers an analysis of religion in America from the 1600s to the present, blending rich historical case studies with sociological theory to illuminate the enduring influence of faith in public life.
Religion in America focuses on key moments in American history where religion served as both a catalyst for social change—such as during the anti–Vietnam War protests—and a force for resistance, as seen in opposition to the legalization of contraception.
Abrahamson examines the role of religious engagement within a variety of American contexts, applying a wide range of sociological frameworks to draw generalizable insights.
In doing so, the book provides readers with a substantive introduction to the sociology of religion and its application to American historical trajectories.
Related Results
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion in America
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion in America
Over 110 scholarly articlesThis encyclopedia is a groundbreaking collection of detailed scholarly articles that address a wide range of topics in American religious history and cul...
Religion: A Very Short Introduction
Religion: A Very Short Introduction
Abstract
Religion: A Very Short Introduction offers a concise and fair account of the vast topic of religion, incorporating insights from different scholarly fields ...
Du Bois on Religion
Du Bois on Religion
W.E.B. Du Bois shaped 20th century America to an extent rivaled by few others. The first black to receive a Ph. D. from Harvard, he helped create the discipline of sociology and wa...
Engaging Philosophies of Religion
Engaging Philosophies of Religion
How can philosophy of religion become more diverse in content and method? How can we take a multiplicity of stories into account and teach a truly inclusive philosophy of religion?...
Transcendentalism, Brahmanism, and Universal Religion
Transcendentalism, Brahmanism, and Universal Religion
This chapter argues that Transcendentalist writers represented India as a land of contemplative and mystical religion. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau saw the mystical ...
Selected Readings in the Anthropology of Religion
Selected Readings in the Anthropology of Religion
Brings together in one volume a number of key theoretical and methodological advances in the anthropological study of religion. Chapters cover important topics not ordinarily inclu...
New Directions in Rhetoric and Religion
New Directions in Rhetoric and Religion
New Directions in Rhetoric and Religion reflects the complex and fluid natures of religion, rhetoric, and public life in our globalized, digital, and politically polarized world by...
Defining Religion and Spirituality
Defining Religion and Spirituality
This chapter notes two general approaches, the substantive and functional, in how spirituality and religion may be conceptualized. A functional understanding is less focused on the...