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- catalog abstract ""Moving far beyond the realm of traditional "church history," Patrick Allitt here offers a vigorous and erudite survey of the broad canvas of American religion since World War II. Identifying the major trends and telling moments within major denominations and also in less formal religious movements, he asks how these religious groups have shaped, and been shaped by, some of the most important and divisive issues and events of the last half century: the Cold War, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, feminism and the sexual revolution, abortion rights, the antinuclear and environmentalist movements, and many others."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12988403.
- catalog coverage "United States Religion 1945-".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Moving far beyond the realm of traditional "church history," Patrick Allitt here offers a vigorous and erudite survey of the broad canvas of American religion since World War II. Identifying the major trends and telling moments within major denominations and also in less formal religious movements, he asks how these religious groups have shaped, and been shaped by, some of the most important and divisive issues and events of the last half century: the Cold War, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, feminism and the sexual revolution, abortion rights, the antinuclear and environmentalist movements, and many others."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Anxious victory: 1945-1952 -- The war's end -- The American religious landscape -- Cold War of the spirit -- Spiritual peace in the 1940s -- 2. Religion and materialism: 1950-1970 -- Fighting godless communism -- Religious intellectuals in the 1950s -- Eisenhower spirituality -- Church buildings -- 3. Religion, respect, and social change: 1955-1968 -- African American religion -- The civil rights movement begins -- White Christians and civil rights -- Nonviolence in decline -- Mormon America -- 4. New frontiers and old boundaries: 1960-1969 -- The Catholic president -- The supreme court and religion in schools -- Vietnam, part I -- Radical theology -- Catholic reform -- 5. Shaking the foundation, 1963-1972 -- American Judaism -- Vietnam, part II -- Catholic challenges to church discipline -- African American religion after King -- 6. Alternative religious worlds: 1967-1982 -- Space travel -- Feminism and ministry -- Feminist theology -- New religions, "cults," and their critics -- Asian spirituality in American dress -- 7. Evangelicals and politics: 1976-1990 -- Jimmy Carter and the evangelical presidency -- The new Christian right and the Reagan campaign -- The abortion controversy -- Wives and mothers -- 8. The Christian quest for justice and wisdom: 1980-1995 -- The antinuclear movement -- Sanctuary -- Creationism and evolution -- Christian academies and home schooling -- 9. Profits, profligates, and prophets: 1987-1995 -- The Evangelical scandals -- A minister in the White House? -- American Islam -- 10. The new world order: 1989-1999 -- End of the Cold War -- Religion and violence -- Environmental spirituality -- Megachurches -- 11. Fears, threats, and promises: 1990-2000 -- Homosexuality and religion -- Promise keepers -- Millennial expectation -- 12. The new millennium: 2001 -- Religion at ground zero.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-299) and index.".
- catalog extent "xv, 313 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0231121547 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "9780231509312 (electronic bk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Columbia histories of modern American life".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Columbia University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Religion 1945-".
- catalog subject "200/.973/09045 21".
- catalog subject "BL2525 .A44 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Anxious victory: 1945-1952 -- The war's end -- The American religious landscape -- Cold War of the spirit -- Spiritual peace in the 1940s -- 2. Religion and materialism: 1950-1970 -- Fighting godless communism -- Religious intellectuals in the 1950s -- Eisenhower spirituality -- Church buildings -- 3. Religion, respect, and social change: 1955-1968 -- African American religion -- The civil rights movement begins -- White Christians and civil rights -- Nonviolence in decline -- Mormon America -- 4. New frontiers and old boundaries: 1960-1969 -- The Catholic president -- The supreme court and religion in schools -- Vietnam, part I -- Radical theology -- Catholic reform -- 5. Shaking the foundation, 1963-1972 -- American Judaism -- Vietnam, part II -- Catholic challenges to church discipline -- African American religion after King -- 6. Alternative religious worlds: 1967-1982 -- Space travel -- Feminism and ministry -- Feminist theology -- New religions, "cults," and their critics -- Asian spirituality in American dress -- 7. Evangelicals and politics: 1976-1990 -- Jimmy Carter and the evangelical presidency -- The new Christian right and the Reagan campaign -- The abortion controversy -- Wives and mothers -- 8. The Christian quest for justice and wisdom: 1980-1995 -- The antinuclear movement -- Sanctuary -- Creationism and evolution -- Christian academies and home schooling -- 9. Profits, profligates, and prophets: 1987-1995 -- The Evangelical scandals -- A minister in the White House? -- American Islam -- 10. The new world order: 1989-1999 -- End of the Cold War -- Religion and violence -- Environmental spirituality -- Megachurches -- 11. Fears, threats, and promises: 1990-2000 -- Homosexuality and religion -- Promise keepers -- Millennial expectation -- 12. The new millennium: 2001 -- Religion at ground zero.".
- catalog title "Religion in America since 1945 : a history / Patrick Allitt.".
- catalog type "text".