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Religion/ History 345 – RELIGION IN AMERICA – October 7, 2005  

VISIONS OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY  

 

TERMS TO KNOW  

  1. Three “decisive emphases” (201)
  2. The Shakers
  3. Ann Lee
  4. The Oneida Community
  5. John Humphrey Noyes
  6. Fruitlands; Brook Farm; Hopedale
  7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
  8. Joseph Smith
  9. Brigham Young
  10. William Miller
  11. Ellen Gould White
  12. Fox Sisters
  13. 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
  14. Theodore Dwight Weld
  15. Grimké Sisters
  16. Theodore Parker
  17. Harriet Beecher Stowe
  18. Phoebe Palmer
  19. Horace Bushnell

 

QUESTIONS  

  1. The “Middle Period” produces an amazing array of religious groups.  Select TWO of them, and compare and contrast them.  What do they have in common?  How are they different?
  2. Return to the whole issue of DIVERSITY in American Religion.  Think again:  WHY do so many different religions evolve in the U.S.?  Try to think of at least THREE reasons why this happens.

 

 

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