Author: Dennis ClarkPublisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9780877222279
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Reveals a number of significant and interesting insights into Irish immigrant history in America
The Irish in Philadelphia
Author: Dennis ClarkPublisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9780877222279
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Reveals a number of significant and interesting insights into Irish immigrant history in America
Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century
Author: R. G. TiedemannPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315497328
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
This comprehensive guide will facilitate scholarly research concerning the history of Christianity in China as well as the wider Sino-Western cultural encounter. It will assist scholars in their search for material on the anthropological, educational, medical, scientific, social, political, and religious dimensions of the missionary presence in China prior to 1950.The guide contains nearly five hundred entries identifying both Roman Catholic and Protestant missionary sending agencies and related religious congregations. Each entry includes the organization's name in English, followed by its Chinese name, country of origin, and denominational affiliation. Special attention has been paid to identifying the many small, lesser-known groups that arrived in China during the early decades of the twentieth century. In addition, a special category of the as yet little-studied indigenous communities of Chinese women has also been included. Multiple indexes enhance the guide's accessibility.
America, History and Life
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations covering the United States and Canada.
Women Religious History Sources
Author: Evangeline ThomasPublisher: New York : R.R. Bowker
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States
Author: George Thomas KurianPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442244321
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 2849
Book Description
From the Founding Fathers through the present, Christianity has exercised powerful influence in the United States—from its role in shaping politics and social institutions to its hand in inspiring art and culture. The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States outlines the myriad roles Christianity has played and continues to play. This masterful five-volume reference work includes biographies of major figures in the Christian church in the United States, influential religious documents and Supreme Court decisions, and information on theology and theologians, denominations, faith-based organizations, immigration, art—from decorative arts and film to music and literature—evangelism and crusades, the significant role of women, racial issues, civil religion, and more. The first volume opens with introductory essays that provide snapshots of Christianity in the U.S. from pre-colonial times to the present, as well as a statistical profile and a timeline of key dates and events. Entries are organized from A to Z. The final volume closes with essays exploring impressions of Christianity in the United States from other faiths and other parts of the world, as well as a select yet comprehensive bibliography. Appendices help readers locate entries by thematic section and author, and a comprehensive index further aids navigation.
Women’s Higher Education in the United States
Author: Margaret A. NashPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 113759084X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This volume presents new perspectives on the history of higher education for women in the United States. By introducing new voices and viewpoints into the literature on the history of higher education from the early nineteenth century through the 1970s, these essays address the meaning diverse groups of women have made of their education or their exclusion from education, and delve deeply into how those experiences were shaped by concepts of race, ethnicity, religion, national origin. Nash demonstrates how an examination of the history of women’s education can transform our understanding of educational institutions and processes more generally.
A Handbook of Private Schools for American Boys and Girls
Author: The Handbook of Private Schools
Author: Concise Dictionary of American Biography
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780684805498
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 906
Book Description
Contains 19,173 alphabetically arranged entries that provide brief biographical information about notable Americans who died prior to January 1, 1981; indexed by occupations and birthplaces.
Missionary Conquest
Author: George E. TinkerPublisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 9781451408409
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
This fascinating probe into U.S. mission history spotlights four cases: Junipero Serra, the Franciscan whose mission to California natives has made him a candidate for sainthood; John Eliot, the renowned Puritan missionary to Massachusetts Indians; Pierre-Jean De Smet, the Jesuit missioner to the Indians of the Midwest; and Henry Benjamin Whipple, who engineered the U.S. government's theft of the Black Hills from the Sioux.