Author : Erfert Fenton
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 11,80 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780764531545
Complete coverage of America Online 4 includes how to: install, set up, and customize AOL; integrate colorful graphics into e-mail; discover online chat rooms; use message boards and forums; use NetFind to search the World Wide Web; create and publish a Web page; and navigate America Online's 19 channels. Primarily for beginners. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Philip Goff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 33,64 MB
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 0190468912
There is a paradox in American Christianity. According to Gallup, nearly eight in ten Americans regard the Bible as either the literal word of God or inspired by God. At the same time, surveys have revealed gaps in these same Americans' biblical literacy. These discrepancies reveal the complex relationship between American Christians and Holy Writ, a subject that is widely acknowledged but rarely investigated. The Bible in American Life is a sustained, collaborative reflection on the ways Americans use the Bible in their personal lives. It also considers how other influences, including religious communities and the Internet, shape individuals' comprehension of scripture. Employing both quantitative methods (the General Social Survey and the National Congregations Study) and qualitative research (historical studies for context), The Bible in American Life provides an unprecedented perspective on the Bible's role outside of worship, in the lived religion of a broad cross-section of Americans both now and in the past. The Bible has been central to Christian practice, and has functioned as a cultural touchstone From the broadest scale imaginable, national survey data about all Americans, down to the smallest details, such as the portrayal of Noah and his ark in children's Bibles, this book offers insight and illumination from scholars across the intellectual spectrum. It will be useful and informative for scholars seeking to understand changes in American Christianity as well as clergy seeking more effective ways to preach and teach about scripture in a changing environment.
Author : Timothy J. Demy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 10,78 MB
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 161069774X
An essential new reference work for students and general readers interested in the history, dynamics, and influence of evangelicalism in recent American history, politics, and culture. What makes evangelical or "born-again" Christians different from those who identify themselves more simply as "Christian"? What percentage of Americans believe in the Rapture? How are evangelicalism and Baptism similar? What is the influence of evangelical religions on U.S. politics? Readers of Evangelical America: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Religious Culture will learn the answers to these questions and many more through this single-volume work's coverage of the many dimensions of and diversity within evangelicalism and through its documentation of the specific contributions evangelicals have made in American society and culture. It also illustrates the Evangelical movement's influence internationally in key issues such as human rights, environmentalism, and gender and sexuality.
Author : Claudia Setzer
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 25,17 MB
Release : 2020-09-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0884144380
An interdisciplinary investigation of the Bible's place in American experience Much has changed since the Society of Biblical Literature's Bible in American Culture series was published in the 1980s, but the influence of the Bible has not waned. In the United States, the stories, themes, and characters of the Bible continue to shape art, literature, music, politics, education, and social movements to varying degrees. In this volume, contributors highlight new approaches that move beyond simple citation of texts and explore how biblical themes infuse US culture and how this process in turn transforms biblical traditions. Features An examination of changes in the production, transmission, and consumption of the Bible An exploration of how Bible producers disseminate US experiences to a global audience An assessment of the factors that produce widespread myths about and nostalgia for a more biblically grounded nation
Author : Tom Lichty
Publisher :
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,93 MB
Release : 1993
Category : America Online (Online service)
ISBN : 9781566040556
Author : Maria Langer
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 38,24 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780201688078
"Uses pictures rather than lengthy explanations."--Cover.
Author : Sean Swain Martin
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 37,72 MB
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1666731161
As arguably the most influential voice in American Catholicism, the vision that Scott Hahn offers in his works, read by millions of Catholics throughout the world, is one of the most formative in American Catholicism. His numerous books and public speaking engagements are shaping the American Catholic Church in a uniquely powerful manner. This work demonstrates that the Catholic vision that Hahn claims to be providing his audience is, in fact, always quite different from the one he actually presents. What he coins as Catholic faithfulness is instead a straightforward and damning Catholic fundamentalism. As this vision is delivered to millions of the faithful who look to Hahn as a trustworthy guide to an authentic life of Catholic faith, American Pope acts as a critical analysis of his work.
Author : Zondervan,
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 2736 pages
File Size : 17,65 MB
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0310410908
Finding a way to interest and engage teens in God’s Word has always been a challenge. Our Heritage and Faith Holy Bible for African-American Teens is the perfect resource to help teens learn more about their faith in a relevant context. It focuses on the questions that teens have about their personal faith, their heritage, and traditions of worship. This relevant Bible provides teens with answers that help them understand their African-American Christian roots while learning more about God’s Word. Teens will treasure this Bible as they come to know the roots of their lives, their forms of worship, and their faith in God. Features Include: Complete text of the King James Version, the timeless, beloved Bible translation Introductions to each book of the Bible 16 full-color tip-in pages with photographs and captions Words of Christ in red Innovative Italian Duo-Tone designs customized for guys and girls Presentation pages for gift giving
Author : Paul C. Gutjahr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 50,21 MB
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 0190258845
Early Americans have long been considered "A People of the Book" Because the nickname was coined primarily to invoke close associations between Americans and the Bible, it is easy to overlook the central fact that it was a book-not a geographic location, a monarch, or even a shared language-that has served as a cornerstone in countless investigations into the formation and fragmentation of early American culture. Few books can lay claim to such powers of civilization-altering influence. Among those which can are sacred books, and for Americans principal among such books stands the Bible. This Handbook is designed to address a noticeable void in resources focused on analyzing the Bible in America in various historical moments and in relationship to specific institutions and cultural expressions. It takes seriously the fact that the Bible is both a physical object that has exercised considerable totemic power, as well as a text with a powerful intellectual design that has inspired everything from national religious and educational practices to a wide spectrum of artistic endeavors to our nation's politics and foreign policy. This Handbook brings together a number of established scholars, as well as younger scholars on the rise, to provide a scholarly overview--rich with bibliographic resources--to those interested in the Bible's role in American cultural formation.
Author : Lesleigh Cushing Stahlberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,62 MB
Release : 2017-11-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1474237177
The Bible in the American Short Story examines Biblical influences in the post-World War II American short story. In a series of accessible chapters, Lesleigh Cushing Stahlberg and Peter S. Hawkins offer close-readings of short stories by leading contemporary writers such as Flannery O'Connor, Allegra Goodman, Tobias Wolff and Kirstin Valdez Quade that highlight the biblical passages that they reference. Exploring episodes from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament and both Jewish and Christian heritages, this book is an important contribution to understanding the influence of the Bible in contemporary literature.
