The Blackwell Companion to Religion in America
Blackwell Companions to Religion
1. Auflage April 2010
752 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This authoritative and cutting edge companion brings together
a team of leading scholars to document the rich diversity and
unique viewpoints that have formed the religious history of the
United States.
* A groundbreaking new volume which represents the first
sustained effort to fully explain the development of American
religious history and its creation within evolving political and
social frameworks
* Spans a wide range of traditions and movements, from the
Baptists and Methodists, to Buddhists and Mormons
* Explores topics ranging from religion and the media,
immigration, and piety, though to politics and social reform
* Considers how American religion has influenced and been
interpreted in literature and popular culture
* Provides insights into the historiography of religion, but
presents the subject as a story in motion rather than a snapshot of
where the field is at a given moment
List of Contributors
Interpreting American Religion
Religion in American Society and Culture
Traditions and Movements
bibliographic listings contained in the essays of this volume
should all prove extremely helpful to serious students of American
religious history. Graduate students and scholars alike will find
this book to be an accessible and useful entry point into this
field of study." (Journal of Religious History,
20 January 2014)
"For anyone interested in knowing more about the history
and present state of scholarship on religion in America, this is an
invaluable work, and the place to begin one's
search." (Lutheran Quarterly, 2012)
"A remarkable achievement. This work draws on an impressive array
of scholars of American religion to provide in brief and accessible
form a series of introductions to key topics in the field,
including excellent bibliographies. It should be on the desk of
anyone who teaches about religion in America."
--Peter W Williams, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
"These helpful and well-chosen essays supplement existing
encyclopedias by focusing upon how the study of religion in America
itself has changed. Students and scholars alike will appreciate the
volume's reflections on defining and studying the field,
following it from its origins in 'church history' to
the present-day mix of approaches, strategies, and new topics that
characterize American religious history. In short, the Companion
tells us how we got from there to here."
--Paula Kane, University of Pittsburgh
"An excellent addition to the field. It delineates the state of
American religious historiography across a broad spectrum, with
admirable sophistication and depth. Individual essays will be
helpful to researchers of specific topics, and the volume as a
whole will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students in
American religious history for years to come."
--Marie Griffith, Harvard University