Religion in American Life A Short History

Name: Religion in American Life A Short History
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ISBN: 9780195333299

ISBN-10: 0195333292

ISBN-13: 9780195333299

Edition: 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Jon Butler, Grant Wacker, Randall Balmer

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Perhaps surprising in a country without a national church, religion has played a powerful role in American life. Now, in the new paperback edition of Religion in American Life, three of the country's most eminent historians of religion offer a superb overview that spans four centuries, illuminating the rich spiritual heritage central to nearly every event in our nation's history. Jon Butler begins by describing the state of religious affairs in both the Old and New Worlds on the eve of colonization. He traces the progress of religion in the colonies through the time of the American Revolution, covering all the religious groups, Protestants, Jews, and Catholics, as well as the unique…

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/31/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 8.19" wide x 5.51" long x 1.61" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

Jon Butler is the William Robertson Coe Professor of American Studies and History, and Professor of Religious Studies, at Yale University.

Grant Wacker is Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Christian History at Duke University Divinity School.



Preface


Religion in Colonial America




Worlds Old and New



Religion and Missions in New Spain and New France



Religion in England's First Colonies



The Flowering of Religious Diversity



African and American Indian Religion



Reviving Colonial Religion



Religion and the American Revolution


Religion in Nineteenth-Century America




Prophets for a New Nation



Awakeners of the Heart



Reformers and Visionaries



Restorers of Ancient Ways



Sojourners at Home



Warriors for God and Religion



Fashioners of Immigrant Faiths



Innovators in a World of New Ideas



Conservers of Tradition



Adventurers of the Spirit


Religion in Twentieth-Century America




A New Century



The Age of Militancy



In God We Trust



Religion in the New Frontier



Religion in an Age of Upheaval



Preachers, Politicians, and Prodigals



Religion for the New Millennium


Epilogue


Chronology


Further Reading


Index