Race and New Religious Movements in the USA
A Documentary Reader
Emily Suzanne Clark (Redaktør) ; Brad Stoddard (Redaktør)
Race and New Religious Movements in the USA
Organized in chronological order of the founding of each movement, this documentary reader brings to life new religious movements from the 18th century to the present. Les mer- Vår pris
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Race and New Religious Movements in the USA
Organized in chronological order of the founding of each movement, this documentary reader brings to life new religious movements from the 18th century to the present. It provides students with the tools to understand questions of race, religion, and American religious history. Movements covered include the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), the Native American Church, the Moorish Science Temple, the Nation of Islam, and more. The voices included come from both men and women.Each chapter focuses on a different new religious movement and features:
- an introduction to the movement, including the context of its founding
- two to four primary source documents about or from the movement
- suggestions for further reading.
Acknowledgements
List of permissions
1. Introduction
2. The Code of Handsome
Lake
3. Conjure
4. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
5. Spiritualism
6. Ghost Dance Movement
7.
Ku Klux Klan
8.
Theosophy
9.
Native American Church
10. Commandment
Keepers
11. Moorish Science Temple
12. International Peace Mission Movement
13. Nation
of Islam
14. Peoples Temple
15. Aryan Nations
16. The Nation of Yahweh
17.
Odinism
Bibliography
Index
Contextualizes 21 new religious movements in America from the Colonial period to the present day, providing primary source documents and student-friendly introductions.