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Under the Banner of Heaven : Story of Violent Faith (03 Edition)
by Jon Krakauer  
Powells.com Staff Pick "Under the Banner of Heaven is not a typical Krakauer book that takes you on an adventure into the wilderness. Instead, it delves into a world that is misunderstood by most of America, the world of Mormonism and Fundamental Mormonism...
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American Religions: A Documentary History
by R Marie Griffith Publisher Comments Religion has played a complex, vibrant, and multifaceted role in our nation's history. One of the most effective ways to help students explore its vitality is through primary sources. American Religions: A Documentary History is the only one-volume, up...
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Head and Heart: American Christianities
by Garry Wills Publisher Comments Wills brings a lifetimes worth of thought into his landmark examination of Christianitys place in American life across the broad sweep of this countrys history, and highlights the struggle that has long existed between reason and emotion....
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Founding Fathers and Place of Religion in America (03 Edition)
by Frank Lambert Publisher Comments "Lambert has crafted an excellent survey on religion and the state in early America--deft, succinct, and well researched. With crystal clear prose, Lambert offers a wonderfully lucid text for general readers and students, yet one also studded with...
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A New Religious America: How a "Christian Country" Has Become the World's Most Religiously Diverse Nation
by Diana L Eck Publisher Comments < p> Why Understanding America's Religious Landscape Is the Most Important Challenge Facing Us Today< /p> < ul> < li> The 1990s saw the U.S. Navy commission its first Muslim chaplain and open its first mosque.< /li> < li...
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Jesus Made in America: A Cultural History from the Puritans to the Passion of the Christ
by Stephen J. Nichols Synopsis Nichols traces the changing face of Jesus throughout the successive cultural eras in American history. Beginning with the Puritans and ending with the Religious Right, he demonstrates the influence of popular culture upon American Christian views of...
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The Shakers: Two Centuries of Spiritual Reflection (Classics of Western Spirituality)
by Robley Edwa Whitson Publisher Comments The most in-depth and scholarly panorama of Western spirituality ever attempted!<P>In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic and Native American...
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Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality
by Leigh Eric Schmidt
Publisher Comments Yoga classes and Zen meditation, New Age seminars and holistic workshops, the Oprah Winfrey Show, and books by Deepak Chopra -- all are part of the religious experimentation that has surprisingly deep roots in American history. In fact, they represent...
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Divided by God: America's Church-State Problem--And What We Should Do about It
by Noah Feldman
Publisher Comments A brilliant and urgent appraisal of one of the most profound conflicts of our time. Even before George W. Bush gained reelection by wooing religiously devout "values voters," it was clear that church-state matters in the United States had reached a...
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The Religious History of American Women: Reimagining the Past
by Catherine Brekus Publisher Comments More than a generation after the rise of women's history alongside the feminist movement, it is still difficult, observes Catherine Brekus, to locate women in histories of American religion. Mary Dyer, a Quaker who was hanged for heresy; Lizzie Robinson,...
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The Faith of the American Soldier
by Stephen Mansfield Publisher Comments An exploration of the major wars in U.S. history as seen through the religious faith of the men and women serving in the military. Since men and women in battle not only face the prospect of their own deaths but also must fashion a moral rationale for...
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Spirit and Flesh: Life in a Fundamentalist Baptist Church
by James M. Ault Jr. Publisher Comments In an attempt to understand the growing influence of the Christian Right, sociologist and documentary filmmaker James Ault spent three years inside the world of a Massachusetts fundamentalist church he encountered while studying a variety of new-right...
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Sounding Forth the Trumpet
by Peter Marshall Publisher Comments Continuing their U.S. history series, the authors chronicle the Gold Rush, the Mexican War, and the boiling issues leading to the Civil War....
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All Over the Map: Rethinking American Regions
by Edward L Ayers Publisher Comments Even as Americans keep moving all over the map in the late twentieth century, they cherish memories of the places they come from. But where do these places -- these regions -- come from? What makes them so real? In this groundbreaking book a...
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American Jesus : How Son of God Became a National Icon (03 Edition)
by Stephen Prothero Publisher Comments Jesus the Black Messiah; Jesus the Jew; Jesus the Hindu sage; Jesus the hippie: These Jesuses join the traditional figure of Jesus Christ in American Jesus, which was acclaimed upon publication in hardcover as the liveliest book about Jesus to appear in...
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The Aletheia: Spirit of Truth
by Aurelia G. Mace Publisher Comments A series of letters in which the principles of the United Society known as Shakers are set forth and illustrated. By reading this book one can obtain a clear and correct idea of the Shakers' belief and manner of life and of the rise and progress of the...
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By Faith Alone: One Family's Epic Journey Through 400 Years of American Protestantism
by Bill Griffeth Publisher Comments Combining history, biography, and a personal memoir of discovery, this is the story of American Protestantism told through one man's incredible family journey. 40 b&w illustrations....
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Religion in American Life : Short History (2ND 08 Edition)
by Jon Butler Publisher Comments Perhaps surprising in a country without a national church, religion has played a powerful role in American life. Now, in the new paperback edition of Religion in American Life, three of the country's most eminent historians of religion offer a superb...
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Eyes Wide Open : Looking for God in Popular Culture (Rev 07 Edition)
by William D. Romanowski Publisher Comments Grounded in Christian principles, this accessible and engaging book offers an informed, fascinating approach to popular culture. Romanowski provides affectionate yet astute analyses of familiar, well-loved movies, television characters, musicians, and...
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The Shaker Village
by Raymond Bial Publisher Comments The Shaker faith is estimated to have had a total of fewer than 20,000 members across its 250-year history, yet more than 100,000 people visit the various Shaker villages and museums scattered across the eastern United States every year. We are still...
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