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The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest professional association of historians in the United States and the largest such organization in the world.Founded in 1884, AHA works to protect academic freedom, develop professional standards, and support scholarship and innovative teaching.
The Blackwell Companion to Religion in America. Malden, Ma; Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-6936-3. (43 essays by scholars) Hall, D. D. (2019). The Puritans: A transatlantic history. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Koester, Nancy (2007). Fortress Introduction to the History of Christianity in the United States. Minneapolis ...
The Restoration Movement solidified as a historical phenomenon in 1832 when restorationists from two major movements championed by Barton W. Stone and Alexander Campbell merged (referred to as the "Stone-Campbell Movement"). Episcopal Church - founded as an offshoot of the Church of England; now the United States branch of the Anglican Communion.
Religion of Humanity: 1798–1857 Nakayama Miki: Tenrikyo: 1798–1887 Ignaz von Döllinger: Old Catholic Church: 1799–1890 Phineas Quimby: New Thought: 1802–1866 Allan Kardec (founder of the religion) Holy Spirit (made the teachings) Spiritism: 1804–1869 Joseph Smith: Mormonism, also known as the Latter Day Saint movement: 1805–1844 ...
Andrew Dickson White (November 7, 1832 – November 4, 1918) was an American historian and educator who co-founded Cornell University, one of eight Ivy League universities in the United States, and served as its first president for nearly two decades. He was known for expanding the scope of college curricula. [2]
The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest and largest society for professional historians in the U.S. Founded in 1884, it promotes historical studies covering all continents and time periods, the teaching of history, and the preservation of and access to historical materials.
James Henry Breasted (/ ˈ b r ɛ s t ɪ d /; August 27, 1865 – December 2, 1935) was an American archaeologist, Egyptologist, and historian.After completing his PhD at the University of Berlin in 1894 – the first American to obtain a doctorate in Egyptology – he joined the faculty of the University of Chicago.
In 2003, the Hindu American Foundation—a national institution protecting rights of the Hindu community of US—was founded. According to the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies newsletter published March 2017, based on data from 2010, Hindus were the largest minority religion in 92 counties out of the 3143 counties in ...