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1	The Power of Religion: A Comparative Introduction more books like this by Amanda Porterfield add to wishlist This introductory textbook describes and compares six religious traditions - Native American, Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist - focusing on ways in which belief is played out in practice, experience, and community. Emphasis is placed on religion in the USA today, with attention to the historical developments each religion has ... see all copies from $9.49! new only from $15.42! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Transformation of American Religion: The Story of a Late-Twentieth-Century Awakening more books like this by Amanda Porterfield add to wishlist How has America turned from a predominantly Protestant nation into one that includes diverse belief systems from both Eastern and Western cultures? Porterfield addresses this question and others in her survey of the actively changing American religious landscape over the past 40 years. see all copies from $2.74! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	American Religious History more books like this by Amanda Porterfield (Editor) add to wishlist Religious diversity is more prolific and wide-ranging in the United States than in any other country. The legal guarantee of religious freedom has encouraged respect for religious differences as well as a tendency to debunk institutional religious authority. In this outstanding historical Reader, the editor has gathered nine essays and over thirty ... see all copies from $30.49! new only from $39.99! \| SVS
4	Religion on Campus more books like this by Conrad Cherry, Betty A DeBerg, Amanda Porterfield add to wishlist Shows that religion is thriving, not declining, on campuses across America; The first intensive, close-up investigation of the practice and teaching of religion at American colleges and universities, Religion on Campus is an indispensable resource for all who want to understand what religion really means to today's undergraduates. To explore ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Mary Lyon and the Mount Holyoke Missionaries more books like this by Amanda Porterfield add to wishlist American women played in important part in Protestant foreign missionary work from its early days at the beginning of the nineteenth century, enabling them not only to disseminate religious principles but also to break into public life and create expanded opportunities for themselves and other women. No institution was more closely associated with ... see all copies from $31.49! new only from $42.00! \| SVS
6	Healing in the History of Christianity more books like this by Amanda Porterfield add to wishlist Amanda Porterfield offers a survey of ideas, rituals, and experiences of healing in Christian history. Jesus himself performed many miracles of healing, and Christians down the ages have seen this as a prominent feature of their faith. Indeed, healing is one of the most constant themes in the long and sprawling history of Christianity. Changes in ... see all copies from $14.49! new only from $22.40! \| SVS
7	Female Piety in Puritan New England: The Emergence of Religious Humanism more books like this by Amanda Porterfield add to wishlist A synthesis of literary critical and historical methods, Porterfield's book combines insightful analysis of Puritan theological writings with detailed examinations of historical records showing the changing patterns of church membership and domestic life. She finds that by conflating marriage as a trope of grace with marriage as a social construct ... see all copies from $30.00! new only from $30.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Protestant Experience in America more books like this by Amanda Porterfield add to wishlist Americans, as is known, are a very religious people, yet they hold a wide variety of faith traditions, many of which are centuries old. Those traditions are constantly challenged and altered by the changing nature of American society. This combination of continuity and change affects all aspects of how religion is lived: the beliefs, the practices ... see all copies from $22.72! new only from $53.67!
9	Modern Christianity to 1900 more books like this by Amanda Porterfield (Editor) add to wishlist * Explores the many aspects of lived Christianity on several continents * Attends to the advent of Evangelical, African-American, and Asian Christianities see all copies from $14.39! new only from $25.27! \| SVS
10	Feminine spirituality in America : from Sarah Edwards to Martha Graham more books like this by Amanda Porterfield add to wishlist see all copies from $3.76! first editions

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