Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States [2 volumes] [2 volumes]

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Synopsis

This book provides a thorough introduction to historical and contemporary issues in American religion, tackling controversial hot-button topics such as abortion, Intelligent Design, and Scientology.Surveying key aspects of the controversial issues, persons, and religious groups of today, Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States, Second Edition is a thorough update and expansion of the first edition of this book.This two-volume work contains many new entries that reflect current 21st-century religious controversies. Written by a variety of scholars with varying specializations, the content covers major people, ideas, terms, institutions, groups, books, and events. The A–Z format allows for easy location of materials, a chronology of developments and events enables readers to trace the development of contentious topics over time, and a section of primary document excerpts gives readers further perspective on the issues.

Book details

Author:
Bill J. Leonard, Jill Y. Crainshaw, Robert S. Alley, D. Brian Ammons, Albert A. Bell, Henry Warner Bowden, Roger G. Branch, Linda Mckinnish Bridges, Bernard H. Cochran, Russell Congleton, Clyde F. Crews, Christie Dalton, Thomas J. Davis, Anthony L. Dunnavant, Vernon Egger, James Ford, Stephen R. Graham, Robert K. Gustafson, Klaus J. Hansen, Samuel S. Hill, Donald L. Huber, Fisher Humphreys, Ana Lucia Smith Iltis, George Kilcourse, Evelyn A. Kirkley, Charles Lippy, B. Diane Lipsett, Bradley J. Longfield, Phillip Lucas, Andrew M. Manis, Coleman Markham, Molly Marshall, Sandy Dwayne Martin, David B. Mccarthy, Daniel B. Mcgee, Glenn Miller, Jonathan Miller, Frederick V. Mills, Robert N. Nash, Lynn S. Neal, Echol Nix, J. Ryan Parker, Jerod Patterson, J. Matthew Pinson, Jeff Pool, Amanda Porterfield, Andrew Pratt, Fred Richter, John P. Rossing, Melissa Rogers, Thomas J. Shelley, Frederick M. Shepherd, George H. Shriver, Harmon L. Smith, T. Paul Thigpen, Mark G. Toulouse, Helen Lee Turner, Robert L. Vandale, C. Douglas Weaver, Timothy D. Whelan, Lawrence Williams, Diane Winston, James M. Woods
ISBN:
9798216138198
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
7-17
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2023-08-23
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2013
Copyright by:
ABC-CLIO, LLC 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Sociology