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Religion in America to 1865

2000rif. 7393NYU Press 2000. Hardcover. New/NO DUST COVER. Religion in America to 1865 provides the only available survey of religion in the United States from colonization to the Civil War. Its guiding theme is American pluralism. In America the number and diversity of religious bodies increased to levels unprecedented in the world's older nations as did the percentage of Americans who chose to belong to them. Meanwhile churches with roots in Europe were forced to adapt to their new environment becoming markedly different from their ancestral faiths. Religion in America to 1865 provides a concise introduction to the central themes of American religious history before the Civil War covering Native American religions Colonial American religions Protestantism Anglicanism and African American religions. The book is structured chronologically allowing connections between religious and secular history. Review "Essential reading because of its breadth and the significance of its themes." -- Joyce D. Goodfriend University of Denver "Links unfamiliar developments in American religious history to major events in American history. . . . Essential reading because of its breadth and the significance of its themes." -- Joyce D. Goodfriend University of Denver "There is a real need for this book. . . . No existing book covers this range of material at a level that is approachable for undergraduate students and interested non-specialists." -- Deborah Madsen South Bank University "There is a real need for this book. There is no existing book that covers this range of material at a level that is approachable for undergraduate students and interested non-specialists." -- Deborah Madsen South Bank University "Much has changed during the 40 years since O'Hair was in her prime. . . . One may wonder what O'Hair would think of these changes but Le Beau leaves no doubt that she would have something to say." ― The Atheist About the Author Bryan F. Le Beau is Professor of History and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri Kansas City. He is the author/editor of several books including The Story of the Salem Witch Trial and Religion in America to 1865 also available from NYU Press. NYU Press hardcover

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