The transformation of American religion : the story of a late-twentieth-century awakening.
This work tells the story of the dramatic transformation of American religion and attempts to understand its causes. The author postulates that the demise of the longstanding Protestant hegemony in America is traceable to the success of deeply ingrained Protestant ways of thinking.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Religion module. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Post-Protestant America; 1 The Liberation of Missionary Evangelicalism; 2 The Catholicity of American Spirituality; 3 Vietnam and the Ethics of Disenchantment; 4 Buddhism and the Deconstruction of Selfhood; 5 Gender Consciousness, Body Awareness, and the Humanization of Religion; 6 The Pragmatic Role of Religious Studies; CONCLUSION: The Great Awakening of the Late Twentieth Century; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.