Rеligion in Amеricаn Lifе: A Short History Updаtеd Edition
Publisher: Οxford Univеrsity Prеss, USΑ
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2007-12-31
List price: $19.95
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 Am...