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A predominantly Protestant culture spread westward
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New Territories, New Perspectives: The Religious Impact of the Louisiana Purchase is an anthology of scholarly essays by learned authors examining how the Louisiana Purchase - which doubled the fledgling America's territory - permanently transformed American culture in general and religion in particular. A predominantly Protestant culture spread westward, further intermixing with the meld that began when French and Spanish Catholic missionaries brought their faiths to native peoples. Individual writings include "Mixed-Race Ecstasy across a Single Line: The Deep South Roots of Pentecostal Tongue Speaking", "Voudou Purchase: The Louisiana Purchase in the Caribbean World", "Spirituality and Resistance among African-Creoles", and much more. "The interweaving of blood and culture between Africans and Native Americans in the plantation regions may not have been as extensive as the interweaving between Africans and Europeans, but it ran deep where it occurred, much deeper than is acknowledged in the average North American history." Thoughtfully researched and engagingly presented, New Territories, New Perspectives is highly recommended especially for college library collections.
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The process of transforming the Louisiana Territory into U.S. territory meant shaping the space to conform to American cultural and religious identity, and this volume investigates continuities, disruptions, and changes relating to religion in this context. Initial chapters offer fresh perspectives on the new territory by those who settled it, primarily easterners. Subsequent essays take up the religious history of the region from the perspective of New Orleans and the Caribbean.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1170931 in Books
- Published on: 2008-06-12
- Original language:English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.94" h x6.26" w x.98" l,1.17 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 256 pages
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