Leading scholars present entries on selected controversies and controversial individuals in American religious life from the colonial period to the present. Key figures, themes, terms, institutions and groups, books, and relevant secular topics that have contributed to religious controversy are included. This ambitious volume includes bibliographies for each entry which direct the reader to additional resources for further study. From Ralph David Abernathy to Zionism, this work will prove to be an essential reference tool ...
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Leading scholars present entries on selected controversies and controversial individuals in American religious life from the colonial period to the present. Key figures, themes, terms, institutions and groups, books, and relevant secular topics that have contributed to religious controversy are included. This ambitious volume includes bibliographies for each entry which direct the reader to additional resources for further study. From Ralph David Abernathy to Zionism, this work will prove to be an essential reference tool for scholars, students, and anyone interested in religious issues. Controversy has been interwoven with religion throughout history. In an attempt to bring a sense of understanding to the causes and types of conflicts in American religious history, top scholars from different religious traditions have selected the key events and people that have shaped our religious heritage. With more than 1,700 religious bodies in the United States, the potential for conflicts and controversy is enormous. This work is the first attempt to being all of these elements together in one easy-to-use reference.
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Good+; Hardcover; 1997, Greenwood Press; Former library copy with standard library markings; Very light wear to covers; Library stamps to endpapers; Text pages clean & unmarked; Good binding with straight spine; Red cloth covers with title in gold lettering on a black background; 560 pages; "Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States, " by George H. Shriver & Bill J. Leonard.
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Good++; Hardcover; 1997, Greenwood Press; Former library copy with standard library markings; Very light wear to covers with "straight" edge-corners; Library stamps to endpapers; Text pages clean & unmarked; Good binding with straight spine; Red cloth covers with title in gold lettering on a black background; 560 pages; "Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States, " by George H. Shriver & Bill J. Leonard.
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Fair. No dust jacket; green book with title in black lettering on surface of front cover and along spine. Slight bump to ends of spine. Some slight shelf wear to surface of cover and closed edge; some creasing to closed edge, otherwise a new and unread book.