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Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America
by Steven Waldman  Publisher Comments The culture wars have distorted the dramatic story of how Americans came to worship freely. Many activists on the right maintain that the United States was founded as a “Christian nation.” Many on the left contend that the Founders were...
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Jerry Falwell: His Life and Legacy
by Macel Falwell Publisher Comments An intimate perspective into the life of the most visible religious leader in America, as told and authorized by his wife. Jerry Falwell played a pivotal role in the American religious and political scene for the last thirty years. As a constant voice...
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Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture
by Daniel Radosh Publisher Comments What does it mean when a band is judged by how hard they pray rather than how hard they rock? Would Jesus buy "Jesus junk" or wear "witness wear"? What do Christian skate parks, raves, and romance novels say about evangelicalism -- and America? Daniel...
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The God Strategy: How Religion Became a Political Weapon in America
by David Domke Publisher Comments In The God Strategy, David Domke and Kevin Coe offer a timely and dynamic study of the rise of religion in American politics, examining the public messages of political leaders over the past seventy-five years--from the 1932 election of Franklin...
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The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America Are Winning the Culture War
by Dan Gilgoff Publisher Comments Led by the immense behind-the-scenes influence of Dr. James Dobson, Focus on the Family has grown from its roots as a California radio show dispensing parenting advice to an unrivaled media ministry broadcasting on more than two thousand stations in the...
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Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right
by E. J., Jr. Dionne Review For much of the last decade the notion has been abroad in the land that religion is a conservative influence in American politics. E. J. Dionne, a liberal and a Catholic and one of the wisest of American journalists, challenges this myth. As the country...
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A Republic of Mind and Spirit: A Cultural History of American Metaphysical Religion
by Catherine L. Albanese Publisher Comments This path-breaking book tells the story of American metaphysical religion more fully than it has ever been told before, along the way significantly revising the panorama of American religious history. Catherine L. Albanese follows metaphysical traditions...
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Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics
by Paul A. Djupe Synopsis Religion has always played an important role in U.S. politics, from the writing of the Constitution to the most recent presidential elections. The subjects of religions and politics in America seem to perpetually spark passionate debate and study. Issues...
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African-American Christianity: Essays in History
by Paul E Johnson Synopsis Eight leading scholars have joined forces to give us the most comprehensive book to date on the history of African-American religion from the slavery period to the present. Beginning with Albert Raboteau's essay on the importance of the story of Exodus...
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Heavenly Visions: Shaker Gift Drawings and Gift Songs
by France Morin Publisher Comments “Offering both an extraordinary aesthetic experience and a reasoned account of these delicate ‘gift’ drawings, texts, and songs, Heavenly Visions demonstrates that the Shakers, best known for the austere functionalism of their crafts...
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Disciples of the Street: The Promise of the Hip Hop Church
by Gutierrez Eric Excerpt "This is a stunner. Eric Gutierrez opens closed windows of the soul and delivers an utterly challenging, refreshingly original work. Read it." Malcolm Boyd - Author of "Are You Running with me, Jesus?"...
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Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock
by Andrew Beaujon Publisher Comments Body Piercing Saved My Life is the first in-depth journalistic investigation into a subculture so large that it's erroneous to even call it a subculture: Christian rock. Christian rock culture is booming, not only with bands but with extreme teen Bibles,...
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God's Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights
by Charles Marsh Publisher Comments In the summer of 1964, the turmoil of the civil rights movement reached its peak in Mississippi, with activists across the political spectrum claiming that God was on their side in the struggle over racial justice. This was the summer when violence...
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Head and Heart: American Christianities
by Garry Wills Publisher Comments A landmark examination of Christianity's place in American life across the broad sweep of this country's history, from the Puritans to the presidential administration of George W. Bush. The struggle within American Christianity, Garry Wills argues, now...
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God in the White House: A History: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush
by Randall Balmer Publisher Comments How did we go from John F. Kennedy declaring that religion should play no role in the elections to Bush saying, "I believe that God wants me to be president"? Historian Randall Balmer takes us on a tour of presidential religiosity in the last half of the...
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American Transcendentalism: A History
by Philip F Gura Publisher Comments The First Comprehensive History of Transcendentalism American Transcendentalism is a comprehensive narrative history of America’s first group of public intellectuals, the men and women who defined American literature and indelibly marked...
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Sacred America: The Emerging Spirit of the People
by Roger Housden Publisher Comments Sacred America, in lucid and poetic prose, is the story of ordinary people who have dared to follow and trust the voices of their own souls in the midst of everyday life in the United States. It is also the story of another America, one not seen on the...
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Limited Liberty: The Legacy of Four Pentecostal Women Pioneers
by Estrelda Y. Alexander Publisher Comments This book shares the stories of four women - Florence Crawford, Mary Magdalena Lewis Tate, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Ida Robinson - who, despite their gender, pursued their freedom to preach and defend the Christian gospel. The author hopes clergywomen...
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Company of Strangers Ppr #0001: Company of Strangers: Christians & the Renewal of America's Public Life
by Parker Palmer Publisher Comments In this award-winning book, Parker J. Palmer offers a compelling vision of a disciplined inward search that strengthens our commitment to our communities. Palmer reminds us that a truly profound spiritual life leads us toward the God who makes us a...
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New World Faiths: Religion in Colonial America
by Jon Butler Publisher Comments Many people believe that the piety of the Pilgrims typified early American religion. However, by the 1730s Catholics, Jews, and Africans had joined Native Americans, Puritans, and numerous other Protestants in the colonies. Jon Butler launches his...
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