American Congregational Year Book
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Page : 220 pages
File Size : 36,83 MB
Release : 1858
Category : Congregational churches
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Page : 220 pages
File Size : 36,83 MB
Release : 1858
Category : Congregational churches
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Page : 622 pages
File Size : 39,81 MB
Release : 1857
Category : Congregational churches
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Page : 772 pages
File Size : 39,48 MB
Release : 1855
Category : Congregational churches
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Author : Mark Chaves
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 30,90 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0674029445
More Americans belong to religious congregations than to any other kind of voluntary association. What these vast numbers amount to--what people are doing in the over 300,000 churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples in the United States--is a question that resonates through every quarter of American society, particularly in these times of "faith-based initiatives," "moral majorities," and militant fundamentalism. And it is a question answered in depth and in detail in Congregations in America. Drawing on the 1998 National Congregations Study--the first systematic study of its kind--as well as a broad range of quantitative, qualitative, and historical evidence, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the most significant form of collective religious expression in American society: local congregations. Among its more surprising findings, Congregations in America reveals that, despite the media focus on the political and social activities of religious groups, the arts are actually far more central to the workings of congregations. Here we see how, far from emphasizing the pursuit of charity or justice through social services or politics, congregations mainly traffic in ritual, knowledge, and beauty through the cultural activities of worship, religious education, and the arts. Along with clarifying--and debunking--arguments on both sides of the debate over faith-based initiatives, the information presented here comprises a unique and invaluable resource, answering previously unanswerable questions about the size, nature, make-up, finances, activities, and proclivities of these organizations at the very center of American life.
Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 24,92 MB
Release : 2022-10-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3375123213
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859.
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Page : 406 pages
File Size : 32,24 MB
Release : 1854
Category : Congregational churches
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Page : 306 pages
File Size : 22,82 MB
Release : 1884
Category : Congregational churches
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Page : 254 pages
File Size : 13,6 MB
Release : 1884
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Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 39,37 MB
Release : 2024-04-25
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ISBN : 3385430534
Author : General Council of the Congregational and Christian Churches of the United States
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Page : 576 pages
File Size : 38,79 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Congregational churches
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