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Religion in America: A Comprehensive Guide to Faith, History, and Tradition

Harold Rabinowitz

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Illustrated, comprehensive, and illuminating, this thoroughly up-to-date work takes the country's religious pulse, covering all of America's most significant organizations and denominations. Readers will find an introduction to the basic tenets and structure of 30 faiths, reviewed by a respected authority on each religion, as well as maps, surveys, and other demographic breakdowns by religious figures and scholars with respect to contemporary American society, culture, and politics. Essays discuss broader, more overarching aspects of worship in the United States. In addition to serving as an encyclopedic reference, the book tackles head-on the most current issues and controversies in American worship.

Language: English

Pages: 992

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Sterling

Release: January 03, 2012

ISBN: 1402743017

ISBN 13: 9781402743016

Religion in America: A Comprehensive Guide to Faith, History, and Tradition

Harold Rabinowitz

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Illustrated, comprehensive, and illuminating, this thoroughly up-to-date work takes the country's religious pulse, covering all of America's most significant organizations and denominations. Readers will find an introduction to the basic tenets and structure of 30 faiths, reviewed by a respected authority on each religion, as well as maps, surveys, and other demographic breakdowns by religious figures and scholars with respect to contemporary American society, culture, and politics. Essays discuss broader, more overarching aspects of worship in the United States. In addition to serving as an encyclopedic reference, the book tackles head-on the most current issues and controversies in American worship.

Language: English

Pages: 992

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Sterling

Release: January 03, 2012

ISBN: 1402743017

ISBN 13: 9781402743016

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