Perspectives on
American Religion and Culture
A Reader
Edited by
PETER M. WILLIAMS, MIAMI UNIVERSITY OF OHIO
Reviewer Quotes:
"Almost all ethnic groups and many types of religious
traditions, among them Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Mormon and
Evangelical, are given a voice here. The diversity of
contributions makes it difficult to summarize the book; each
essay, in
effect, launches a new topic, and the various contributions are
more united by their common methodologies of religious
study than by mutual themes. The contributors show a
sophisticated awareness of new directions in scholarship, such as
attention to material culture and religion. Scholars will find
this an informative and rich collection. Albert Miller offers a
particularly fine essay on African-American Evangelicalism. A
distinguished collection of essay." Publishers Weekly(August
1999)
*Available
Hardback (1577181174)
Price: £55.00 $68.95
Format: 229 x 152mm , 6 x 9in
Pages: 400
US Publication Date: 31 August 1999
ROW Publication Date: 08 July 1999
Paperback (1577181182)
Price: £16.99 $29.95
Format: 246 x 171mm , 6.75 x 9.75in
Pages: 400
US Publication Date: 31 August 1999
ROW Publication Date: 08 July 1999
Description:
This is a collection of original essays on a wide variety of
topics on religion in the United States, covering both historical
and
contemporary times, by the most exciting scholars working in the
field today. Topics covered include the African American
and Native American religious experience; the roles of gender and
family in various religious communities; diversity and
pluralism in American religious life; regional differences
throughout the US; the relationship between religion and economic
life; popular and material culture; and major themes in American
religious thought. The approaches used reflect the impact
of American studies and social and intellectual history on the
study of religion. Students, scholars, and general readers will
encounter a stimulating introduction to current scholarship while
instructors will find this volume a valuable source for
teaching students about the depth and diversity of the American
religious experience.
Author Description:
Peter Williams is Distinguished Professor of Religion and
American Studies and Director of the American Studies program
at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
Contents:
Part I: Religious Diversity and Pluralism: Introduction:
1. Historicizing Religion in the American West: Laurie
Maffly-Kipp (University of North Carolina).
2. Religious Innovation at the Edges: Stephen J. Stein (Indiana
University).
3. Diversity and the Pluralist Ideal: William R. Hutchison
(Harvard University).
4. Pluralism and American Religious Life in the Later Twentieth
Century: Charles H. Lippy (University of Tennessee).
Part II: Religious Roots of American Culture. Introduction:
5. Anglicanism in Colonial Viriginia: David L. Holmes (College of
William and Mary).
6. The Puritan Legacy in American Religion and Culture: Amanda
Porterfield (University of Wyoming).
7. Religion and the Culture of the Market in Early New England:
Mark Valeri (Union Theological Seminary, Virginia).
Part III: Religious Cultures in Transition:
8. Early American Methodism: Russell Richey (Duke University).
9. Synagogues and the 'Spiritual Depression' in the 1930s: Beth
Wenger (University of Pennsylvania).
10. Shifting Ground and the Third Transformation of Mormonism:
Philip Barlow (Hanover College).
11. American Catholics in the Twentieth Century: Mary Jo Weaver
(Indiana University).
Part IV: Popular and Material Culture. Introduction:
12. Architecture and Urban Revivalism in Nineteenth Century
America: Jeanne H. Kilde (Macalester College).
13. Post-Modern Sites of Catholic Sacred Materiality: Leonard
Norman Primiano (Cabrini College).
14. Food and Eating in American Religious Cultures: Daniel Sack
(Material History of American Religion Project).
15. Fasting, Dieting and the Body in American Christianity: R.
Marie Griffith (Princeton University).
16. The Bible and Serpent-Handling: Bill Leonard (Wake Forest
University).
Part V: Race and Ethnicity:
17. Race and Religion in Nineteenth Century America: Joan Bryant
(Brandeis University).
18. The Rise of African-American Evangelicalism in American
Culture: Albert G. Miller (Oberlin College).
19. Religion and Culture Change in Native North America: Michael
McNally (Eastern Michigan University).
Part VI: Gender and Family. Introduction:
20. Reform, Gender and the Boundaries of American Judaism: Karla
Goldman (Hebrew Union College).
21. Women and Protestantism in Nineteenth Century America:
Carolyn Haynes (Miami University).
22. Religious Individualism in Nineteenth Century American
Families: Anne C. Rose (Penn State University).
Part VII: Intellectual and Literary Culture. Introduction:
23. Jonathan Edwards on the Relation Between Hypocrisy and the
Religious Life: Ava Chamberlain (Wright State University).
24. The Connecticut Culture of Revivalism: Mary Kupiec Cayton
(Miami University).
25. Trust and Confidence in American Religious History: Leigh
Eric Schmidt (Princeton University).
26. The Religion of Humanity in Victorian America: Lawrence W.
Snyder, Jr (Western Kentucky University).
27. American Catholic Culture in the Twentieth Century: Paula M.
Kane (University of Pittsburgh).
Index.
Slavery and Freedom Among Early American Workers
Graham Hodges
Colgate University, New York, USA
This text consists of six chapters, all on the related subjects
of black revolt, slavery, freemanship and labour. A
short introduction organizes the collection and argues its
importance for historians of early American labour,
slavery, black studies and general history.
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 31Jan1998
ISBN: 0765601133
Number of Pages: 208
Illustrations: illustrations, bibliography, index
Update: October 3, 2000