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The Columbia documentary history of religion in America since 1945

xxi, 554 p. ; 24 cm · "This collection of manifestos, Supreme Court decisions, congressional testimonies, speeches, articles, book excerpts, pastoral letters, interviews, song lyrics, memoirs, and poems reflects the vitality, diversity, and changing nature of religious belief and practice in American public and private life over the last half century. Encompassing a range of perspectives, this book illustrates the ways in which individuals from all along the religious and political spectrum have engaged religion and viewed it as a crucial aspect of society."--Jacket · Includes bibliographical references and index · pt. 1: Religion in Cold War America: Cultures and countercultures. Mainline religion and the Cold War. Religion and counterculture -- pt. 2: Gender, Race, and politics in American religion since 1945. Religion and the Civil Rights Movement. Religion and gender. Politics and religion since the 1960s -- pt. 3: Religion and American life in the United States: To the Millennium. Popular religion. Revitalization movements in American Christianity: Pentecostalism, Megachurches, Charismatic Movements, The New Religious RIght, and the New Social Gospel. New immigrant communities

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