America: Religions and Religion

by Catherine L. Albanese5th edition

Religion & Boundaries

ordinary religion

extraordinary religion

Religious Systems: 4 Cs

• creeds

• codes

• communities

• cultuses

Religions & Religion

• Manynesso pluralismo postpluralism

• Onenesso Public Protestantismo Civil Religiono Cultural Religion

Structure of the Text

• Part I: The Original Cast

• Part II: Newmade Religions

• Part III: Expansion & Contraction

• Part IV: The Culture of the Center

Part I: The Original Cast

• Native Americans

• Jews

• Roman Catholics

• English Protestants

• African Americans

Part II: Newmade Religions

• Mormon

• Christian Science

• Adventist, Jehovah’s Witnesses

• Shaker, Oneida, Branch Davidian

• Spiritualism, Theosophy, New Thought

Part III: Expansion & Contraction

• Eastern Orthodoxy

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• New Age & new spirituality

• fundamentalist & evangelical

Part IV: The Culture of the Center

• Public Protestantism

• Civil Religion

• Cultural Religion