Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States [2 volumes]: [2 volumes]

By: Bill J. Leonard and Jill Y. Crainshaw and Robert S. Alley and D. Brian Ammons and Albert A. Bell and Henry Warner Bowden and Roger G. Branch and Linda Mckinnish Bridges and Bernard H. Cochran and Russell Congleton and Clyde F. Crews and Christie Dalton and Thomas J. Davis and Anthony L. Dunnavant and Vernon Egger and James Ford and Stephen R. Graham and Robert K. Gustafson and Klaus J. Hansen and Samuel S. Hill and Donald L. Huber and Fisher Humphreys and Ana Lucia Smith Iltis and George Kilcourse and Evelyn A. Kirkley and Charles Lippy and B. Diane Lipsett and Bradley J. Longfield and Phillip Lucas and Andrew M. Manis and Coleman Markham and Molly Marshall and Sandy Dwayne Martin and David B. Mccarthy and Daniel B. Mcgee and Glenn Miller and Jonathan Miller and Frederick V. Mills and Robert N. Nash and Lynn S. Neal and Echol Nix and J. Ryan Parker and Jerod Patterson and J. Matthew Pinson and Jeff Pool and Amanda Porterfield and Andrew Pratt and Fred Richter and John P. Rossing and Melissa Rogers and Thomas J. Shelley and Frederick M. Shepherd and George H. Shriver and Harmon L. Smith and T. Paul Thigpen and Mark G. Toulouse and Helen Lee Turner and Robert L. Vandale and C. Douglas Weaver and Timothy D. Whelan and Lawrence Williams and Diane Winston and James M. Woods

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Synopsis: This book provides a thorough introduction to historical and contemporary issues in American religion, tackling controversial hot-button topics such as abortion, Intelligent Design, and Scientology.Surveying key aspects of the controversial issues, persons, and religious groups of today, Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States, Second Edition is a thorough update and expansion of the first edition of this book.This two-volume work contains many new entries that reflect current 21st-century religious controversies. Written by a variety of scholars with varying specializations, the content covers major people, ideas, terms, institutions, groups, books, and events. The A–Z format allows for easy location of materials, a chronology of developments and events enables readers to trace the development of contentious topics over time, and a section of primary document excerpts gives readers further perspective on the issues.