| The Columbia Documentary History of Religion in America Since 1945 Contributor(s): Harvey, Paul (Editor), Goff, Philip (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0231118848 ISBN-13: 9780231118842 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $133.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: "The Columbia Documentary History of Religion in America" includes: Dorothy Day, "Our Brothers, the Communists" Ronald Reagan, "National Association of Evangelicals; Remarks at the Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida" Allen Ginsberg, "A Blake Experience" Shirley MacLaine, "Going Within" Shunryu Suzuki, "Posture" Martin Luther King Jr., "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" Malcolm X, "Autobiography of Malcolm X" Csar A. Chvez, "The Mexican-American and the Church" Vine Deloria Jr., "God is Red" Mary Daly, "Gyn/Ecology" Cynthia Ozick, Judith Plaskow, and Elsye Goldstein on Jewish feminist theology Starhawk, "Witchcraft and Women's Culture" Patrick J. Buchanan, "1992 Republican National Convention Speech" Billy Graham, "Angels in Our Lives Today" Jason E. McBride, "Goths for Jesus" Harvey Cox, "Fire from Heaven" Ralph Reed, "Active Faith" Barbara Brown Taylor, "Vishnu's Almonds" Saraji Umm Zaid, "Make Way for Women! Why Your Mosques Should Be Woman Friendly" Jerry Falwell, "A Biblical Look Into the 21st Century" "Tikkun Magazine" writers, "Religious Visions for the New Millennium" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion |
| Dewey: 200.973 |
| LCCN: 2004049445 |
| Physical Information: 1.58" H x 6.56" W x 9.39" (2.20 lbs) 584 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Of late, religion seems to be everywhere, suffusing U.S. politics and popular culture and acting as both a unifying and a divisive force. This collection of manifestos, Supreme Court decisions, congressional testimonies, speeches, articles, book excerpts, pastoral letters, interviews, song lyrics, memoirs, and poems reflects the vitality, diversity, and changing nature of religious belief and practice in American public and private life over the last half century. Encompassing a range of perspectives, this book illustrates the ways in which individuals from all along the religious and political spectrum have engaged religion and viewed it as a crucial aspect of society. The anthology begins with documents that reflect the close relationship of religion, especially mainline Protestantism, to essential ideas undergirding Cold War America. Covering both the center and the margins of American religious life, this volume devotes extended attention to how issues of politics, race, gender, and sexuality have influenced the religious mainstream. A series of documents reflects the role of religion and theology in the civil rights, feminist, and gay rights movements as well as in conservative responses. Issues regarding religion and contemporary American culture are explored in documents about the rise of the evangelical movement and the religious right; the impact of "new" (post-1965) immigrant communities on the religious landscape; the popularity of alternative, New Age, and non-Western beliefs; and the relationship between religion and popular culture. The editors conclude with selections exploring major themes of American religious life at the millennium, including both conservative and New Age millennialism, as well as excerpts that speculate on the future of religion in the United States. The documents are grouped by theme into nine chapters and arranged chronologically therein. Each chapter features an extensive introduction providing context for and analysis of the critical issues raised by the primary sources. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harvey, Paul: - Paul Harvey (PhD, History, UC Berkeley) is Professor of History at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He is the author of a number of books, including Freedom's Coming: Religious Culture and the Shaping of the South from the Civil War through the Civil Rights Era (North Carolina, 2007), The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America (North Carolina, 2014), and Christianity and Race in the American South (Chicago, 2016). He is also the editor of The Columbia Documentary History of Religion in America Since 1945 (Columbia, 2005) and The Columbia Guide to Religion in American History (Columbia, 2012). |