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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butler, Jon, 1940- author.

Balmer, Randall Herbert, author.

Wacker, Grant, 1945- author.

Series:

Religion in American Life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Religion.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (573 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Quite ambitious, tracing religion in the United States from European colonization up to the 21st century.... The writing is strong throughout.""--Publishers Weekly (starred review) ""One can hardly do better than Religion in American Life.... A good read, especially for the uninitiated. The initiated might also read it for its felicity of narrative and the moments of illumination that fine scholars can inject even into stories we have all heard before. Read it.""--Church History This new edition of Religion in American Life, written by three of the country's most eminent historians of religi

Contents:

Cover; 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 WaysCHAPTER TWELVE: Sojourners at Home; CHAPTER 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- AND TWENTY-FIRST-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 ProdigalsCHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: Coming to Terms with Pluralism; CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: Religion in the New Millennium; EPILOGUE; CHRONOLOGY; FURTHER READING; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; TEXT CREDITS; PICTURE CREDITS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-991329-3

1-283-29996-8

9786613299963

0-19-990987-3