CAS RN 392 Chapter Notes - Chapter all: Mainline Protestant, Higher Education, Transcendentalism
20 Jan 2017
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Chapter 1 the demographic layout: a tale of two new englands. Massachusetts = birthplace of transcendentalism: more members of the unitarian universalist association than any other. Nara measures group affiliation: ma most catholic state in the country. 1990-2000 ri, ma, ct saw declines in ratios of catholic residents: latin american immigration to the region was meager. Ri is least evangelical state in the country: raising in ma, preachers play important role in public life in ct. 8% african-americans protestant churches (cid:498)no religion(cid:499) vt is #2 in the country (cid:498)great diversification(cid:499) coined by historian william r. hutchinson. 1890s teachers of hinduism join new england: 1830s, congregationalists and catholics, boston was hub (and for american buddhism) Regional differences are eroding: catholic numbers are beginning to fall off for the first time in rural ne. Chapter 2 catholics i: majority faith with a minority mindset. Number of catholic parishes declining: catholics still hold #1 spot no sign of losing it"s rank.
