Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American PeopleHarvard University Press, 1990 - 360 Seiten Charts the development of religion in America and traces the many branches of faith that have grown in the country's three-hundred-year history. |
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... elite cul- ture . During the age of Louis XIV an elite Christianity success- fully warred against many aspects of popular culture to bring about the demise of many of its manifestations , including magic . On the other hand , David Hall ...
... elite cul- ture . During the age of Louis XIV an elite Christianity success- fully warred against many aspects of popular culture to bring about the demise of many of its manifestations , including magic . On the other hand , David Hall ...
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... elite and literate segments of society . Occultism's disappearance among Europe's educated elite did not stem from the rise of modern science . Recent studies , among them MacDonald's work on Napier and Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs's on Isaac ...
... elite and literate segments of society . Occultism's disappearance among Europe's educated elite did not stem from the rise of modern science . Recent studies , among them MacDonald's work on Napier and Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs's on Isaac ...
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... elite of governors , magistrates , and other officials who frequently supported , or were thought to support , such Enlightenment skepticism . As late as the 1830s Vir- ginia's Episcopal bishop , William Meade , complained about the ...
... elite of governors , magistrates , and other officials who frequently supported , or were thought to support , such Enlightenment skepticism . As late as the 1830s Vir- ginia's Episcopal bishop , William Meade , complained about the ...
Inhalt
The Crisis of Christian Practice in America | 37 |
Magic and the Occult | 67 |
The Renewal of Christian Authority | 98 |
Urheberrecht | |
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