American Judaism : the religion and religious institutions of the jewish people in the United States ; a historical survey

by Joseph Leiser

‘Idolatry’ and Religious Diversity: Thinking about the Other in Early Modern Europe

Idolatry is a key concept in the history of Western thinking about religion, as an all-encompassing category in which all religions more or less alien to the Christian tradition could be subsumed. From Late Antiquity to the Modern period, we can follow how the notion was put to work within Christian discourse to think about the religious “other. ” In fact, the word is almost ubiquitous in pre-modern debates on religion and the origins of religion. Theories on the nature and causes of “idolatry” framed much of the issue of “Religion” vs. the “religions,” and largely provided the conceptual space, in early modern Europe, in which religious anthropology would emerge. The present paper will investigate some aspects of the early modern discourse on idolatry, and its place in early modern discussions on the “diversity” of religions.

Religious Diversity and Religious Vitality: New Measuring Strategies and Empirical Evidence

Quantitative studies of the conditions and consequences of religious diversity are based mostly on indices that measure the variety of religious membership in a particular region. However, this line of research has become stagnant, and the question of whether diversity affects religious vitality remains unanswered. This article attempts to shed new light on the discussion by measuring religious diversity differently and capturing religious vitality independently of membership figures. In particular, it contrasts the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index based on membership proportions with a second measure of diversity: an index of organizational diversity. Conversely, the dependent variable religious vitality is measured not by using rates of participation in religious organizations but via the Centrality of Religion Scale. Based on ecological and individual level data of forty-three local regions in Finland, Germany, and Slovenia and using multilevel analysis, our results suggest that religious diversity is related to religious vitality. However, the nature of this association differs across subgroups.

[ Portolan chart of eastern North and Central America and northern South America] : manuscript, 1659

Autograph (signed) map. Includes inscription: Made by Nicholas Comberford dwelling neare to the west end of the school house at the Sign of the Platt in Redcliffe. Anno 1659.

An elegie on the deplored decease of that truly pious and religious matron, Mrs. Sara Leveret: relict of the late hon[or]able John Leveret, Esq., sometime governor of his then Majesty's colony of the Massethusets [sic] Bay in New England : manuscript, 1704

Autograph copy, signed.

Standbild und Integrationsaussichten der ausländischen Bevölkerung Südtirols. Gesellschaftsleben, Sprache, Religion und Wertehaltung = Integration prospects for the foreign population in South Tyrol. Social life, language, and religious values

No abstract.

Penetration of the political institutions of Guatemala by the international Communist movement: threat to the peace and security of America and to the sovereignty and political independence of Guatemala.

Mode of access: Internet.

Handbook of definitions of materials and end products used in "M" and "L" orders issued by the War production board through March 1, 1943.

Reproduced from typewritten copy.

A classified catalogue of theological and religious books, comprising a large collection of standard works, American and foreign; old and rare works, and recent publications, to September 1, 1871. Also an addenda of miscellaneous literature, works of reference, &c. For sale by Smith, English & Co., booksellers and importers ...

Interleaved.

Jew and Mormon; historic group relations and religious outlook.

Mode of access: Internet.

Psychiatry and religious experience /

Bibliography p. [181]-297.

An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England, from the conquest to the reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders.

Mode of access: Internet.

Church melodist: a collection of sacred music, comprising, in addition to most of the old standard tunes, a great variety of new and original tunes, sentences, chants, anthems, &c. Adapted to social and religious worship, societies, singing schools, &c.

For chorus (SATB), principally with figured bass.