Historical Studies (Divinity): American Christianity

Provides essential documentary materials that explore religious and philosophical movements in reaction to the dramatic changes in culture and society wrought by the industrial revolution and modernity.

Provides simultaneous searching of these Archive of Americana collections: Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800; Early American Imprints, Series I: Supplement from the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1670-1800; Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819; Early American Imprints, Series II: Supplement from the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1801-1819.

Searches primary documents detailing the social & cultural forces that shaped the lives of women and men in America from 1800 to 1920.

Includes records from more than 1500 women from colonial times to 1950.

Search primary sources related to the Civil Rights Movement, segregation, discrimination, and race theory in America from the Race Relations Department, a think tank based at Fisk University 1943-1970.

Primary source document collections from colonial times to the present. Items are arranged by social movement, as well as by authors, sources, etc. Includes images.

Contains information about nearly 18,000 American men and women who are no longer living. Includes photographs.

Contains citations and abstracts, from 1954 to date, covering all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture, and current affairs from prehistoric times to the present.

Indexes journals and book essays in religion and theology. Search using "United States--Church history."

A comprehensive reference source on the historical development of faiths in North America and religion's intersection with political, social, and economic life.