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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Butler, Jon, 1940-
Other Authors: Wacker, Grant, 1945-
Balmer, Randall Herbert
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011], ©2011.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Physical Description:xiii, 532 pages, 25 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Religion in colonial America / Jon Butler. Worlds old and new ; Religion and missions in New Spain and New France ; Religion and in England's first colonies ; The flowering of religious diversity ; African and American Indian religion ; Religion and American Revolution
  • Religion in nineteenth-century America / Grant Wacker. Prophets for a new nation ; Awakeners of the heart ; Reformers and visionaries ; Restorers of ancient ways ; Sojourners at home ;m Warriors for God and religion ; Fashioners of immigrant faith ; Conservers of tradition ; Adventurers of the Spirit
  • Religion in twentieth- and twenty-first-century America / Randall Balmer. 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 ; Coming to terms with pluralism ; Religion in the new millennium.