Handbook of Denominations in America

Name: Handbook of Denominations in America
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ISBN: 9780687057849

ISBN-10: 0687057841

ISBN-13: 9780687057849

Edition: 12th 2005

Authors: Craig D. Atwood, Frank Spencer Mead, Samuel S. Hill

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The 12th edition of the Handbook of Denominations attempts to portray some of the depth and breadth of the major religious traditions in the United States. The religious bodies are grouped in family categories of Abrahamic religions, arranged chronologically: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The information for each group within these families was provided by the religious organizations themselves and focuses on the doctrines, statistics, and histories of institutions. Such information is valuable for making sense of our culture and our neighbors, although much of the inner life of each denomination is not part of such a presentation. This handbook is a helpful resource for clergy, laity,…

Book details

List price: $21.00
Edition: 12th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Publication date: 10/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Alphabetical table of contents for religious groups


Religion in America



Abrahamic traditions


Judaism


Orthodox


Hasidic


Reconstructionist


Reform


Conservative


Messianic


Jewish fundamentalism


Christianity


Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches


Catholic churches


Episcopal and Anglican churches


Lutheran churches


Reformed, Congregationalist, and Presbyterian churches


Mennonite and Anabaptist churches


Friends (Quaker)


Brethren and Pietist churches


Baptist churches


Methodist churches


Holiness churches


Christian and Restorationist churches (Stone-Campbellite tradition)


Adventist and Sabbatarian (Herbraic) churches


Pentecostal churches


Native American church


Fundamentalist and bible churches


Community and new paradigm churches


Islam


Latter-day Saints (Mormons)


Esoteric, spiritualist, and new thought bodies


Spiritualism


Swedenborgian churches


Unitarians and Universalists


Baha'i


Nation of Islam


Unification church