Religion in American life : a short history / Jon Butler, Grant Wacker, and Randall Balmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butler, Jon, 1940-

Contributor:

Wacker, Grant, 1945-

Balmer, Randall Herbert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Religion.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (537 p.)

Edition:

Updated ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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,

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; RELIGION IN COLONIAL AMERICA; CHAPTER ONE: Worlds Old and New; CHAPTER TWO: Religion and Missions in New Spain and New France; CHAPTER THREE: Religion in England's First Colonies; CHAPTER FOUR: The Flowering of Religious Diversity; CHAPTER FIVE: African and American Indian Religion; CHAPTER SIX: Reviving Colonial Religion; CHAPTER SEVEN: Religion and the American Revolution; RELIGION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA; CHAPTER EIGHT: Prophets for a New Nation; CHAPTER NINE: Awakeners of the Heart; CHAPTER TEN: Reformers and Visionaries; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Restorers of Ancient Ways

CHAPTER TWELVE: Sojourners at HomeCHAPTER THIRTEEN: Warriors for God and Religion; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Fashioners of Immigrant Faiths; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Innovators in a World of New Ideas; CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Conservers of Tradition; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Adventurers of the Spirit; RELIGION IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: A New Century; CHAPTER NINETEEN: The Age of Militancy; CHAPTER TWENTY: In God We Trust; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Religion in the New Frontier; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: Religion in an Age of Upheaval; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: Preachers, Politicians, and Prodigals

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: Religion for the New MillenniumEPILOGUE; CHRONOLOGY; FURTHER READING; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-463) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-16237-X

9786611162375

0-19-804426-7

1-4356-1797-5

OCLC:

437094568