Memoirs of the Spirit : American Religious Autobiography from Jonathan Edwards to Maya Angelou,9780802849960

Memoirs of the Spirit : American Religious Autobiography from Jonathan Edwards to Maya Angelou

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ISBN13: 9780802849960
ISBN10: 0802849962
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-06-01
Publisher(s): Lightning Source Inc
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Summary

This anthology offers a fascinating entry in the study of American religious experience during the past three centuries. Compiled and edited by a foremost historian of American religion, these twenty-six spiritual autobiographies uniquely capture the nation's soul in the words of the people who helped shape it.

The volume contains spiritual autobiographies by: Mary Rowlandson, Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Rush, Richard Allen, Peter Cartwright, Orestes Brownson, Frederick Douglass, Isaac Mayer Wise, Black Elk, Harry Emerson Fosdick, John LaFarge, Mary Antin, Reinhold Niebuhr, Paramahansa Yogananda, Benjamin E. Mays, Dorothy Day, Mary McCarthy, Virginia Sorenson, Thomas Merton, Alan Watts, Billy Graham, Jimmy Carter, William F. Buckley Jr., Maya Angelou, Barbara G. Harrison, and Richard Rodriguez.

Author Biography

Edwin S. Gaustad is professor emeritus of history and religious studies at the University of California, Riverside

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xiii
The Captive
1(16)
Mary Rowlandson
The Sinner
17(18)
Jonathan Edwards
The Patriot
35(16)
Benjamin Rush
The Bishop
51(12)
Richard Allen
The Frontiersman
63(14)
Peter Cartwright
The Convert
77(16)
Orestes Brownson
The Slave
93(14)
Frederick Douglass
The Americanizer
107(12)
Isaac Mayer Wise
The Holy Man
119(12)
Black Elk
The Polemicist
131(16)
Harry Emerson Fosdick
The Editor
147(10)
John LaFarge
The Immigrant
157(10)
Mary Antin
The Theologian
167(12)
Reinhold Niebuhr
The Yogi
179(14)
Paramahansa Yogananda
The Educator
193(14)
Benjamin E. Mays
The Pacifist
207(12)
Dorothy Day
The Schoolgirl
219(10)
Mary McCarthy
The Westerner
229(12)
Virginia Sorensen
The Monk
241(16)
Thomas Merton
The Buddhist
257(12)
Alan Watts
The Revivalist
269(18)
Billy Graham
The President
287(16)
Jimmy Carter
The Mariner
303(16)
William F. Buckley Jr.
The Poet
319(12)
Maya Angelou
The Witness
331(14)
Barbara G. Harrison
The ``Minority Student''
345
Richard Rodriguez

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