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Religions of America

This archive documents religious movements that originated in or were reshaped by the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries, with particular emphasis on America’s religious life in the late 20th, through rare publications and subject files.

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Religions of America traces the history and unique character of religious movements that originated in or were re-shaped by the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection pays especially close attention to America's unique role as a birthplace for new religious movements, especially after World War II.

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Religions of America

Reading Level: 1301L—+

Product Type: Primary Sources

Content Types: Government Documents, Manuscripts, Monographs (books), Newspapers, Periodicals, Photographs & Images

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The Nudist Christian Church of the Blessed Virgin Jesus was founded in 185 by Zeus Cosmos. He claimed divine inspiration for authoring the Book of Zeus, which, in his theology, followed the Book of Revelation. In his interpretation, nudism reflected cleanliness, honesty, and freedom.
An undated flyer from Maranatha House, likely associated with the Pentecostal ministry founded by Bob Weiner in 1971 that focused on college-aged students. Maranatha is Aramaic for “our Lord is come.”
This mailing for the One Nation Under God campaign had been undertaken by the Sycamore Church of Christ in Cookeville, Tennessee. It was part of a multimillion-dollar national campaign to evangelize the United States.
“Past, Present, Future” is a catch phrase and leitmotif within Adventist theology, based in part on the work of James Edson White’s 1909 book of that name. White was the son of Seventh Day Adventist founders James White and Ellen G. White. This undated advertisement is the centerfold insert of a pamphlet offering instructional materials and classes on its verso side.

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Religions of America makes available, in one place, many valuable primary sources one could not otherwise access without visiting several archives in person. Multiple advanced search options make it possible to zero in on relevant documents and publications, a task that would be difficult in browsing the original documents within archives…No other major commercial vendor offers a primary source collection on this exact topic.
― Martha Tanner, Head of Research Services and Archives, Nebraska Wesleyan University

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