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“amanda porterfield”

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  • Conceived in Doubt

    Religion and Politics in the New American Nation

    by Amanda Porterfield ...
    Americans have long acknowledged a deep connection between evangelical religion and democracy in the early days of the republic. This is a widely accepted narrative that is maintained as a matter of fact and tradition—and in spite of evangelicalism's more authoritarian and reactionary aspects.In Conceived in Doubt, Amanda Porterfield challenges this standard interpretation of evangelicalism's ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Corporate Spirit

    Religion and the Rise of the Modern Corporation

    by Amanda Porterfield ...
    In this groundbreaking work, Amanda Porterfield explores the long intertwining of religion and commerce in the history of incorporation in the United States. Beginning with the antecedents of that history in western Europe, she focuses on organizations to show how corporate strategies in religion and commerce developed symbiotically, and how religion has influenced the corporate structuring and ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Healing in the History of Christianity

    by Amanda Porterfield ...
    Amanda Porterfield offers a survey of ideas, rituals, and experiences of healing in Christian history. Jesus himself performed many miracles of healing, and Christians down the ages have seen this as a prominent feature of their faith. Indeed, healing is one of the most constant themes in the long and sprawling history of Christianity. Changes in healing beliefs and practices offer a window into ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • The Transformation of American Religion

    The Story of a Late-Twentieth-Century Awakening

    by Amanda Porterfield ...
    As recently as a few decades ago, most people would have described America as a predominantly Protestant nation. Today, we are home to a colorful mix of religious faiths and practices, from a resurgent Catholic Church and a rapidly growing Islam to all forms of Buddhism and many other non-Christian religions. How did this startling transformation take place? A great many factors contributed to ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

  • Words, Works, & Ways of Knowing

    The Breakdown of Moral Philosophy in New England before the Civil War

    by Sara Paretsky, Amanda Porterfield ...
    Crime writer Sara Paretsky is known the world over for her acclaimed series of mysteries starring Chicago private investigator V. I. Warshawski, now in its seventeenth installment. Paretsky's work has long been inflected with history—for her characters the past looms large in the present—and in her decades-long career, she has been recognized for transforming the role of women in contemporary ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Religion on Campus

    by Conrad Cherry, Betty A. DeBerg, Amanda Porterfield ...
    The first intensive, close-up investigation of the practice and teaching of religion at American colleges and universities, Religion on Campus is an indispensable resource for all who want to understand what religion really means to today’s undergraduates.To explore firsthand how college students understand, practice, and learn about religion, the authors visited four very different U.S. campuses: ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • The Business Turn in American Religious History

    Edited by Amanda Porterfield, Darren Grem, John Corrigan ...
    Business has received little attention in American religious history, although it has profound implications for understanding the sustained popularity and ongoing transformation of religion in the United States. This volume offers a wide ranging exploration of the business aspects of American religious organizations. The authors analyze the financing, production, marketing, and distribution of ... Read more

    $40.49 USD