The Blackwell Companion to Religion in America

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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 Content: Chapter 1 Surveying Religion in America (pages 1–13): Philip GoffChapter 2 The American Revolution (pages 15–28): Thomas S. KiddChapter 3 Borderlands (pages 29–41): Kristy Nabhan?WarrenChapter 4 Church and State (pages 42–56): Derek DavisChapter 5 Civil Religion (pages 57–70): Ira ChernusChapter 6 Class and Labor (pages 71–89): Richard J. CallahanChapter 7 Denominations (pages 90–104): Russell E. RicheyChapter 8 Economics (pages 105–116): James Hudnut?BeumlerChapter 9 Family (pages 117–129): Rebecca L. DavisChapter 10 Film (pages 130–146): Judith WeisenfeldChapter 11 Gender (pages 147–162): Sarah E. JohnsonChapter 12 Health (pages 163–176): Christopher G. WhiteChapter 13 Sensory Cultures: Material and Visual Religion Reconsidered (pages 177–205): Sally M. Promey and Shira BrismanChapter 14 Media (pages 206–214): Robert S. FortnerChapter 15 Millennialism (pages 215–227): Stephen J. SteinChapter 16 Missions (pages 228–241): Wilbert R. ShenkChapter 17 Piety, Practice, and Ritual (pages 242–253): Kathryn LoftonChapter 18 Popular Culture (pages 254–275): John SchmalzbauerChapter 19 Race and Ethnicity (pages 276–290): Roberto R. TrevinoChapter 20 Regions (pages 291–305): Philip L. BarlowChapter 21 Revivals (pages 306–320): Michael McClymondChapter 22 Science (pages 321–337): William DurbinChapter 23 Social Reform (pages 338–352): Zoe TroddChapter 24 Theology and Belief (pages 353–375): Robert E. BrownChapter 25 Women (pages 376–394): Susanna MorrillChapter 26 American Indians (pages 395–416): Tracy Neal LeavelleChapter 27 Anabaptists (pages 417–428): David L. Weaver?ZercherChapter 28 Baptists (pages 429–445): Paul HarveyChapter 29 The Black Church (pages 446–467): Sylvester JohnsonChapter 30 Buddhism (pages 468–477): Charles S. PrebishChapter 31 Catholicism to 1945 (pages 478–490): Michael PasquierChapter 32 Catholicism Since 1945 (pages 491–507): Philip GleasonChapter 33 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter?Day Saints (pages 508–526): David J. WhittakerChapter 34 Eastern Orthodox Christianity (pages 527–539): Amy A. SlagleChapter 35 Evangelicalism (pages 540–558): Darren DochukChapter 36 Hinduism (pages 559–568): Khyati Y. JoshiChapter 37 Holiness and Pentecostalism (pages 569–586): Jonathan R. BaerChapter 38 Islam (pages 587–598): Edward E. CurtisChapter 39 Judaism (pages 599–613): Yaakov ArielChapter 40 Lutherans (pages 614–635): Susan Wilds McArverChapter 41 New and Homegrown Religions (pages 636–648): Sean McCloudChapter 42 Protestant Liberalism (pages 649–668): Mark HulsetherChapter 43 Reformed Tradition (pages 669–683): D. G. HartChapter 44 Wesleyan Tradition (pages 684–698): Christopher H. Evans