A general history of the Shakers from their origins in 18th-century England to the 1990s. Drawing on written and oral testimony, it looks at the movement, their leaders, the early years and expansion into the West, their growth before the Civil War, their decline and their revival after 1950.
Re-issued in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the mass suicides at Jonestown, this revised edition of David Chidester's path-breaking book features a new prologue that considers the meaning of the tragedy for a post-Waco, post-9/11 world. For Chidester, Jonestown recalls the American religious commitment to redemptive sacrifice, which for ...
Alternative religious groups have had a profound influence on American history-they have challenged the old and opened up new ways of thinking about healing, modes of meaning, religious texts and liturgies, the social and political order, and the relationships between religion and race, class, gender, and region. Virtually always, the dramatic, ...
Long recognized as 'America's theologian', Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is seen as instrumental in the Great Awakening of the 1740s that gripped much of New England and that laid the groundwork for an American Protestant religious identity. This Cambridge Companion offers a general, comprehensive introduction to Jonathan Edwards and examines his ...
Examines various alternative religions, or New Religious Movements, that have existed in the United States from colonial times through the twentieth century and from the perspectives of both insiders and outsiders.
"Religion and Hopi Life" tells the story of Hopi religious life in a way that makes sense to both Hopis and outsiders. In his interpretation of Hopi religion, John D. Loftin does not subject religious meaning to secular analysis. While not the Hopi's own story, his account attempts to honor and do justice to the way in which the Hopi embody ...
Apocalyptism has been broadly defined as the belief that God has revealed the imminent end of the ongoing struggle between good and evil throughout history. It has been a major element in the three monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam and extensive scholarship has been devoted to apocalyptic study during the latter half of the ...
This is a complete edition of the private biblical notebook that Jonathan Edwards compiled over a period of nearly 35 years. This volume confirms the centrality of the Bible in his thought and provides balance to the scientific and philosophical aspects of his work.
Religious conflicts had a pronounced effect on women and their families in early modern England, but our understanding of that impact is limited by the restrictions that prevented the open expression of religious beliefs in the post-Reformation years. More can be gleaned by shifting our focus to the New World, where gender relations and family ...
With this volume the Editorial Committee for the Works of Jonathan Edwards inaugurates the publication of the major manuscripts of Edwards in the Yale University Press edition.
This collection of essays presents groundbreaking contemporary scholarship focusing on the writings of the 18th-century American philosopher and theologian Jonathan Edwards. The essays range widely across the Edwardsian canon, including his most prominent and important published texts "Religious Affections" and "The Nature of True Virtue" as well ...
This is a 1-volume, select edition of the 3-volume "Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism" first published in 1998. The main historical surveys that provided the spine of the Encyclopedia have been retained, while essays of a thematic nature, and a few whose subject matter is not central to the historical development, have been omitted. The work begins ...
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