World Religions in America, Fourth Edition: An IntroductionJacob Neusner Westminster John Knox Press, 2009 M10 7 - 462 pages The fourth edition of World Religions in America continues its lauded tradition of providing students with reliable and nuanced information about America's religious diversity, while also reflecting new developments and ideas. Each chapter was updated to reflect important changes and events, and current statistics and information. New features include a timeline of key events and people for each tradition, sidebars on major movements or controversies, personal stories from members of various faiths, a theme-based organization of subjects, more subheads, three new chapters exploring America's increasing religious diversity, and suggestions for further study. |
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... become a long-term project, and also the following people at Westminster John Knox Press: editors Gavin Stephens and Jana Riess, who supervised the changes and additions for this edition; production professionals Julie Tonini and Erika ...
... become a long-term project, and also the following people at Westminster John Knox Press: editors Gavin Stephens and Jana Riess, who supervised the changes and additions for this edition; production professionals Julie Tonini and Erika ...
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... become the meeting place for nearly all of the living religions of the world, with the Zoroastrian, Shinto, Muslim, Buddhist, and Hindu religions well represented. Various religious groups from the Caribbean and from Africa and Latin ...
... become the meeting place for nearly all of the living religions of the world, with the Zoroastrian, Shinto, Muslim, Buddhist, and Hindu religions well represented. Various religious groups from the Caribbean and from Africa and Latin ...
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... become a good American under this nation's Constitution and Bill of Rights, its political institutions and social ideals. And while religions separate people from one another, shared religious attitudes, such as a belief in God, unite ...
... become a good American under this nation's Constitution and Bill of Rights, its political institutions and social ideals. And while religions separate people from one another, shared religious attitudes, such as a belief in God, unite ...
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... become a real American. And America has the power to make its own all the religions of the world. In America, there is no “other.” Everyone is one of us. That is the message of this book: we all belong. Therefore, all of us bear the ...
... become a real American. And America has the power to make its own all the religions of the world. In America, there is no “other.” Everyone is one of us. That is the message of this book: we all belong. Therefore, all of us bear the ...
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... become a powerful figure that is actively used to demonstrate Native American distinctiveness. The Navajo tribal chairperson told the story of how, before the Navajo world was created, the Navajo ancestors traveled through worlds below ...
... become a powerful figure that is actively used to demonstrate Native American distinctiveness. The Navajo tribal chairperson told the story of how, before the Navajo world was created, the Navajo ancestors traveled through worlds below ...
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