The notion of social capital - those features of social organization that facilitate working and cooperating together for mutual benefit - has gained considerable prominence since the publication of Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. While attention has been given to social capital, little has been given ......
Shenandoah Religion asks why some Protestant denominations remained on the fringes of society while others sank slowly into the mainstream culture. By surveying the religiously pluralistic setting of the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Shenandoah Valley, Longenecker reveals how the fabric of American pluralism was woven as different ......
Hailed as Will Campbell's most literary work, Providence chronicles the more than 170-year history of a square mile of plantation land in Holmes County, Mississippi. Shifting between history and autobiography, Campbell illustrates the quest for justice among the Choctaws, African Americans, and whites on the parcel of land designated Section 13. ......
This revised edition of Carl Vaught's theological investigation of the Sermon on the Mount begins with the assumption that the text cannot be understood apart from a transformation of the human spirit. The stages of this transformation are outlined in the Beatitudes; and against this background, the volume comes to focus on the perfection that ......
In 1861 two religious traditions collided on Saint Helena Island. Already firmly entrenched on the island, the slaves' religion represented a mixture of Southern evangelicalism and African practices. The other, newer tradition would be an imported faith found primarily at the Penn School established for the islanders by Northern missionaries whose ......
Sixty-six years ago the Catholic Worker movement began with the opening of a shared aprtment as a house of hospitality and the selling of the Catholic Worker newspaper for a penny a copy in Union Square. It began amidst the Great Depression with millions out of work and the foundation of American capitalism crumbling. Most of all, however, the ......
A Woman's View of Everyday Life in South Texas, 1873-1883
Through letters written by one family in post-Reconstruction Texas, Myers shows what life was like in this part of the Old West from a feminine perspective. The detailed letters of joy and struggle on the frontier remind us, Myers points out, that ""broad historical events... are made up of myriad ordinary lives.
A treasury of social, religious, and architectural history. Examines religious architecture in Texas and interprets social and theological conditions contributing to design variations and styles such as early Spanish missions, Victorian, and early 20th century. Includes numerous b&w photos. Annotati
In this two volume set, Toward Benevolent Neutrality presents the text of virtually every significant Supreme Court decision concerning religious freedom and separation of church and state. Also included are essays interpreting the historical background and legal issues involved in each case, beginning with the principal events leading to the ......
