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New Religions and the Theological Imagination in America (Religion in North America)
Mary Farrell Bednarowski

Indiana University Press, 1995

Bednarowski is especially good at elucidating the theological daring of these new American religions...[She] demonstrates in a very few pages how ...theology and group adherence made the individual count, a configuration simultaneously American, un-American, and important. - Jon Butler. "The cultural confrontation with these 'new religions' is very real and usually very misinformed. Bednarowski has gone to great lengths to dispel the ...

Religious Imagination Of American Women
Mary Farrell Bednarowski

Diane Pub Co, 1999

"The Religious Imagination of American Women" is an exploration of five ideas that have become particularly powerful catalysts in the theological imaginations of women in many difference communities. These are ambivalence toward their traditions; the immanence, or indwelling, of the divine; the sacredness of the ordinary and the ordinariness of the sacred; relationality as at the root of reality; and healing as a central function of religion. ...

Twentieth-century Global Christianity: A People's History of Christianity

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Fortress Press, 2008

An impressive, profusely illustrated, and highly recommended compendium
Christianity is a contemporary and worldwide religion that influences individuals, communities and nations around the world, helping to shape human cultures and societies throughout the decades of the 20th century. As the seventh volume of the outstanding 'A People's History of Christianity' series from Augsburg Fortress Press (under the general editorship of Denis R. Janz), "Twentieth-Century ...

Spirit: An entry from MACM's Contemporary American Religion
Mary Farrell Bednarowski

MACM, 1999

More than 500 articles cover the broad range of popular religious culture of the United States at the close of the twentieth century. Beliefs, practices, symbols, traditions, movements, organizations, and leaders from the many traditions in the pluralistic American community are represented. Also includes cults and phenomena that drew followers, such as Heaven's Gale and UFOs.

Women and Twentieth-Century American Protestantism.(Book Review): An article from: Church History
Mary Farrell Bednarowski

American Society of Church History, 2005

This digital document is an article from Church History, published by American Society of Church History on June 1, 2005. The length of the article is 863 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Women and Twentieth-Century American ...

Minding the Spirit: The Study of Christian Spirituality.(Book review): An article from: Church History
Mary Farrell Bednarowski

Thomson Gale, 2006

This digital document is an article from Church History, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2006. The length of the article is 880 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Minding the Spirit: The Study of Christian ...

Starving for Salvation: The Spiritual Dimensions of Eating Problems among American Girls and Women.: An ...
Mary Farrell Bednarowski

American Society of Church History, 2001

This digital document is an article from Church History, published by American Society of Church History on September 1, 2001. The length of the article is 786 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Starving for Salvation: The ...