Provides a history of world religions, arranged geographically, from the beginning of time to the twenty-first century; and explains how religious faiths evolved, spread, and conflicted with each other.
Illustrated historical and geographical atlas of the locales and dispersion of the world's religions, ancient and modern.
Routledge Atlases of American History Series Editor: Mark C. Games The Routledge Historical Atlas of the American Railroads John F. Stover The Routledge Historical Atlas of the American South Andrew K. Frank The Routledge Historical ...
Depicts the main characteristics of religion in the United States, including Native American beliefs, the introduction and spread of Christianity, and the growth of other new and more recently imported faiths.
In two editions over 40 years, Edwin Gaustad's Atlas of American Religion has been an essential guide to the American religious experience. Now the New Historical Atlas of Religion in America takes the story into the new millennium.
Historical Atlas of Religion in America
Today, however, the picture is significantly different.The continuing relevance of religion to the human story makes the publication of this authoritative new atlas timely in the extreme.
Through the use of over 50 visually arresting maps, this atlas shows the origins, historical development, and present state of all of the world's major religions.
of individual religiosity, which is commonly measured in terms of the three B's: religious belonging (identity or preference), beliefs (e.g., ... 16 See P. R. Katz's study of these events in his Religion in China and Its Modern Fate.
Consciously written for students at any level, the volume is perfect for independent students, as well as those in structured courses.
From independence to the present, the Atlas charts the evolution of the 39 major religious denominations and sects in the U.S. -- from Methodists to Congregationalists, Mormons to Jews, Church of God to the International Church of the ...