Religion and American Culture: A Reader

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 4
TITLE......Page 6
COPYRIGHT......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 11
INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION......Page 13
INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION......Page 16
PART ONE  EARLY AMERICA 1500-1750......Page 18
1 THE PUEBLO INDIAN WORLD IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY......Page 20
2 A WORLD OF WONDERS......Page 45
3 WAR AND CULTURE......Page 73
4 AFRICAN AMERICANS, EXODUS, AND THE AMERICAN ISRAEL......Page 96
5 WOMEN AND CHRISTIAN PRACTICE IN A MAHICAN VILLAGE......Page 112
PART TWO  REVOLUTION AND SOCIAL CHANGE 1750-1865......Page 149
6 THE DIALECTIC OF DOUBLE-CONSCIOUSNESS IN BLACK AMERICAN FREEDOM CELEBRATIONS, 1808-1863......Page 151
7 FROM “MIDDLE GROUND” TO “UNDERGROUND”......Page 171
8 WOMEN’S HISTORY IS AMERICAN RELIGIOUS HISTORY......Page 192
9 “BELIEVER I KNOW”......Page 213
PART THREE  THE MODERN WORLD 1865-1945......Page 241
10 THE RELIGION OF THE LOST CAUSE......Page 243
11 THE EASTER PARADE......Page 262
12 THE DEBATE OVER MIXED SEATING IN THE AMERICAN SYNAGOGUE......Page 287
13 THE FEMINIST THEOLOGY OF THE BLACK BAPTIST CHURCH, 1880-1900......Page 309
14 THE PRINCE HALL MASONS AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH......Page 333
15 THE LAKOTA GHOST DANCE......Page 362
16 “HE KEEPS ME GOING”......Page 379
PART FOUR  CONTEMPORARY LIFE 1945-PRESENT......Page 406
17 OLD FISSURES AND NEW FRACTURES IN AMERICAN RELIGIOUS LIFE......Page 408
18 SEEKING JEWISH SPIRITUAL ROOTS IN MIAMI AND LOS ANGELES......Page 424
19 MARTIN AND MALCOLM......Page 449
20 SEARCHING FOR EDEN WITH A SATELLITE DISH......Page 465
21 SUBMISSIVE WIVES, WOUNDED DAUGHTERS, AND FEMALE SOLDIERS......Page 489
22 THE CHURCH OF BASEBALL, THE FETISH OF COCA-COLA, AND THE POTLATCH OF ROCK ’N’ ROLL......Page 521
23 SPIRITUALITY FOR SALE......Page 538
24 DIASPORIC NATIONALISM AND URBAN LANDSCAPE......Page 554
25 THE HINDU GODS IN A SPLIT-LEVEL WORLD......Page 574
26 IS THERE A COMMON AMERICAN CULTURE?......Page 594
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 606