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New world faiths : religion in colonial America / Jon Butler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Butler, Jon, 1940-
- Series:
- Religion in American life.
- Religion in American life
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Religion--To 1800.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 183 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- Jon Butler begins by describing the state of religious affairs in both the Old and New Worlds on the eve of colonization--and traces the progress of religion in the colonies through the time of the American Revolution. It covers all the religious groups in the colonies: Protestants, Jews, Catholics, as well as the unique religious experiences of Native Americans and African Americans. Sidebars containing primary source documents complement the narrative text.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-166) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780198044239
- 0198044232
- OCLC:
- 191027922
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