American Religious History
Peter A. Huff, Ph.D.
How has religion - in all its varieties - contributed to the flavor of life in the United States?
America’s first settlements, founding documents, and most important traditions are replete with religious sentiment. Today, religion continues to play an important role in the lives of American people - nearly 80 percent are religiously affiliated - and institutions.
These audio lectures bring you face to face with the fascinating people, movements, groups, beliefs, and practices that have made the US one of the most religiously diverse nations in the history of the world.
Your guide is Professor Peter A. Huff, an expert on religious pluralism in the US and the co-editor of the volume Knowledge and Belief in America. You will find his discussion balanced and meticulously researched.
Across more than five hundred years of innovation and change, you will trace the development of religious life and thought in America. Prof. Huff invites you to investigate indigenous traditions before turning to the transplantation of religions (like Catholicism) from other continents and the growth of new religious movements (like Shakerism) in the young country.
As you absorb the diversity of religious experience in the US, you will gain not only a deeper understanding of the hows and whys, but also an impressionistic snapshot of the cultural bounty we enjoy as a result of living at the crossroads of so many traditions. Feast at the banquet of American beliefs today.
Duration - 9h 34m.
Author - Peter A. Huff, Ph.D..
Narrator - Peter A. Huff, Ph.D..
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2019 Now You Know Media ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
How has religion - in all its varieties - contributed to the flavor of life in the United States? America’s first settlements, founding documents, and most important traditions are replete with religious sentiment. Today, religion continues to play an important role in the lives of American people - nearly 80 percent are religiously affiliated - and institutions. These audio lectures bring you face to face with the fascinating people, movements, groups, beliefs, and practices that have made the US one of the most religiously diverse nations in the history of the world. Your guide is Professor Peter A. Huff, an expert on religious pluralism in the US and the co-editor of the volume Knowledge and Belief in America. You will find his discussion balanced and meticulously researched. Across more than five hundred years of innovation and change, you will trace the development of religious life and thought in America. Prof. Huff invites you to investigate indigenous traditions before turning to the transplantation of religions (like Catholicism) from other continents and the growth of new religious movements (like Shakerism) in the young country. As you absorb the diversity of religious experience in the US, you will gain not only a deeper understanding of the hows and whys, but also an impressionistic snapshot of the cultural bounty we enjoy as a result of living at the crossroads of so many traditions. Feast at the banquet of American beliefs today. Duration - 9h 34m. Author - Peter A. Huff, Ph.D.. Narrator - Peter A. Huff, Ph.D.. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023. Copyright - © 2019 Now You Know Media ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:58
American Religions and “America”
Duration:00:25:25
Catholic Beginnings in North America
Duration:00:22:39
Religious Diversity in the British Colonies
Duration:00:23:41
The Puritan Experience in New England
Duration:00:24:37
The Great Awakening
Duration:00:23:47
Jonathan Edwards and American Theology
Duration:00:24:11
The Enlightenment in the US
Duration:00:23:09
African-American Religions
Duration:00:20:44
The Second Great Awakening
Duration:00:24:32
Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Liberal Tradition
Duration:00:22:39
Ann Lee and the Shakers
Duration:00:21:43
Joseph Smith and the Latter-Day Saints
Duration:00:28:07
Catholics in Protestant America
Duration:00:22:34
Jewish Diversity in the US
Duration:00:23:19
Black Elk and Native American Religions
Duration:00:24:33
Mary Baker Eddy and Christian Science
Duration:00:25:28
The World’s Parliament of Religions
Duration:00:22:30
Fundamentalism and US Culture
Duration:00:24:04
The Birth and Growth of Pentecostalism
Duration:00:24:10
Martin Luther King, Jr., and US Social Gospels
Duration:00:25:01
Malcolm X and Islam in the US
Duration:00:23:13
Mary Daly and Feminist Theologies
Duration:00:23:47
Asian Religions in the US
Duration:00:23:55
The Changing US Religious Landscape
Duration:00:25:04
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:10