Religion in American life : a short history

Butler, Jon 1940- (Author). Wacker, Grant, 1945- (Added Author). Balmer, Randall Herbert. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0195333292 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780195333299 (pbk. :alk. paper)
Physical Description: xiii, 496 p., [24] p. of plates : ill ; 21 cm.
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Edition: Updated ed.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

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

Formatted Contents Note:

Religion in Colonial America / John Butler -- Ch. 1. Worlds Old and New -- Ch. 2. Religion and Missions in New Spain and New France -- Ch. 3. Religion in England's First Colonies -- Ch. 4. The Flowering of Religious Diversity -- Ch. 5. African and American Indian Religion -- Ch. 6. Reviving Colonial Religion -- Ch. 7. Religion and the American Revolution -- Religion in Nineteenth-Century America / Grant Wacker -- Ch. 8. Prophets for a New Nation -- Ch. 9. Awakeners of the Heart -- Ch. 10. Reformers and Visionaries -- Ch. 11. Restorers of Ancient Ways -- Ch. 12. Sojourners at Home -- Ch. 13. Warriors for God and Religion -- Ch. 14. Fashioners of Immigrant Faiths -- Ch. 15. Innovators in a World of New Ideas -- Ch. 16. Conservers of Tradition -- Ch. 17. Adventurers of the Spirit -- Religion in Twentieth-Century America / Randall Balmer -- Ch. 18. A New Century -- Ch. 19. The Age of Militancy -- Ch. 20. In God We Trust -- Ch. 21. Religion in the New Frontier -- Ch. 22. Religion in an Age of Upheaval -- Ch. 23. Preachers, Politicians, and Prodigals -- Ch. 24. Religion for the New Millennium.