[PDF] The Religious Bodies Of America eBook

Author : F.E. Mayer
Publisher :
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 34,67 MB
Release : 1968-06-01
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ISBN : 9780570032946

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Describes most religious bodies to help readers understand what each church body believes and practices.

Author : Robert Ellwood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 20,90 MB
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1315507234

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This text explores the major new or unconventional religions and spiritual movements in America that exist outside the Judeo-Christian tradition.

Author : Elliott Abrams
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 39,92 MB
Release : 2002-05-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0585381658

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Realists have long argued that the international system must be based on hard calculations of power and interest. But in recent years, religion's role on the international scene has grown. The Influence of Faith examines religion as a growing factor in world politics and U.S. foreign policy. Particular attention is placed on the American reaction to the persecution of Christians and Jews overseas, as well as the role of faith-based groups such as missionary and relief organizations in the formulation and implementation of U.S. policy. The Influence of Faith considers these timely issues from diverse points of view, offering broad historical analysis as well as concrete examples taken from current affairs.

Author : Frederick Emanuel Mayer
Publisher :
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 42,43 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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Describes most religious bodies to help readers understand what each church body believes and practices.

Author : Anna Fedele
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 15,58 MB
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0857452088

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Social scientists and philosophers confronted with religious phenomena have always been challenged to find a proper way to describe the spiritual experiences of the social group they were studying. The influence of the Cartesian dualism of body and mind (or soul) led to a distinction between non-material, spiritual experiences (i.e., related to the soul) and physical, mechanical experiences (i.e., related to the body). However, recent developments in medical science on the one hand and challenges to universalist conceptions of belief and spirituality on the other have resulted in “body” and “soul” losing the reassuring solid contours they had in the past. Yet, in “Western culture,” the body–soul duality is alive, not least in academic and media discourses. This volume pursues the ongoing debates and discusses the importance of the body and how it is perceived in contemporary religious faith: what happens when “body” and “soul” are un-separated entities? Is it possible, even for anthropologists and ethnographers, to escape from “natural dualism”? The contributors here present research in novel empirical contexts, the benefits and limits of the old dichotomy are discussed, and new theoretical strategies proposed.

Author : J. Gordon Melton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 22,45 MB
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1135523533

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First Published in 1992. This title is the first volume in the 3-volume series titled Religious Information Systems Series. This updated directory recognised that the number of religious groups would not remain static as population increases, urbanization, and immigration continue to provide a nurturing environment for new religious expressions. This new edition will fill an information gap and provide basic data about each religious group and be regularly updated as changes in the religious community dictate (annually or bi-annually).