Offering a rich selection of classic and recent scholarship, this reader presents an extraordinary portrait of religion's fate across four centuries of the American experience. Its essays cover major issues in American history and religion, including American Indian religion, women, Catholics, Protestants and fundamentalism, Judaism, political activism, Mormons, religious assimilation, and religious bigotry. Selected debates encourage readers to test conflicting interpretations about religion's impact on American history, and original documents trace religion's influence on slavery, race, and politics from the colonial era to the late 20th century. Religion in American History serves as a one-volume tour through America's tumultuous, varied, and often misunderstood religious past.
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN: 9780195097764
Number of pages: 528
Weight: 767 g
Dimensions: 165 x 234 x 25 mm
"A rich collection of documents and interpretative essays that provides an excellent window on the pluralistic reality of the American religious experience."--R. Emmott Curran, Georgetown University "An interesting, provocative, and highly readable treatment of various expressions of American religion from an historical perspective. Written by two esteemed scholars in the field, this book will cause historians of American religion to reconsider some of their long-held presuppositions and conclusions."-- Lewis V. Baldwin, Vanderbilt University "Excellent selection of essays on American religious themes. I find it extremely useful for both graduate and undergraduate courses."--Rev. Thomas J. Shelley, Fordham University "A rich panoply of important articles and source documents on key issues, movements, changes of mind and leadership in the history of American religion."--Paul Bushnell, Illinois Wesleyan University "An excellent selection of essays on religion in America and a convenient, one-volume edition for more extensive research in American History survey courses."--Dan O'Bryan, Sierra Nevada College "Nice collection. Good balance. Excellent introductions....Should find wide use."--Greald M. Schnabel, Bemidji State University "Quite a useful volume--includes a number of hard-to-find essays. Well selected."--David Hein, Hood College "Very attractive and well thought out collection."--Timothy Miller, University of Kansas "Excellent sourcebook for history of religion in America and its influence on American cultural ethos."--Glenn Kreider, The Criswell College
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