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Belief and behavior : essays in the new religious history

Title
Belief and behavior : essays in the new religious history / edited by Philip R. VanderMeer and Robert P. Swierenga.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [1991], ©1991.

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Additional Authors
  • VanderMeer, Philip R., 1947-
  • Swierenga, Robert P.
Description
xii, 236 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • United States > Church history
  • United States > Religious life and customs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction / Philip VanderMeer and Robert P. Swierenga -- 2. Declension, gender, and the "new religious history" / Harry S. Stout and Catherine A. Brekus -- 3. "Sinners are turned into saints in numbers" / Gerald F. Moran -- 4. Enthusiastic piety / Marilyn J. Westerkamp -- 5. The spirit in the flesh / Linda K. Pritchard -- 6. Sex and the second Great Awakening / Terry D. Bilhartz -- 7. Women, feminism, and the new religious history / Margaret Susan Thompson -- 8. Religion and immigration behavior / Robert P. Swierenga -- 9. Seating and the American synagogue / Jonathan D. Sarna -- 10. Religious divisions and political roles / Philip R. VanderMeer.
ISBN
  • 0813516714
  • 0813516722 (pbk.)
LCCN
90047389
OCLC
  • 22420626
  • ocm22420626
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries