{"product_id":"religion-in-american-life-a-short-history-9780199832699","title":"Religion in American Life: A Short History","description":"\"Quite ambitious, tracing religion in the United States from European colonization up to the 21st century.... The writing is strong throughout.\"--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One can hardly do better than \u003cem\u003eReligion in American Life\u003c\/em\u003e.... A good read, especially for the uninitiated. The initiated might also read it for its felicity of narrative and the moments of illumination that fine scholars can inject even into stories we have all heard before. Read it.\"--\u003cem\u003eChurch History\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition of \u003cem\u003eReligion in American Life, \u003c\/em\u003e written by three of the country's most eminent historians of religion, offers a superb overview that spans four centuries, illuminating the rich spiritual heritage central to nearly every event in our nation's history. Beginning with the state of religious affairs in both the Old and New Worlds on the eve of colonization and continuing through to the present, the book covers all the major American religious groups, from Protestants, Jews, and Catholics to Muslims, Hindus, Mormons, Buddhists, and New Age believers. Revised and updated, the book includes expanded treatment of religion during the Great Depression, of the religious influences on the civil rights movement, and of utopian groups in the 19th century, and it now covers the role of religion during the 2008 presidential election, observing how completely religion has entered American politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJon Butler \u003c\/strong\u003eis Howard R. Lamar Professor of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies at Yale University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003ePower, Authority, and the Origins of American Denominational Authority; The Huguenots in America: A Refugee People in New World Society; Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American People\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eBecoming America: The Revolution Before 1776\u003c\/em\u003e, and, with Harry S. Stout, editor of \u003cem\u003eReligion in American History: A Reader\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrant Wacker\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Christian History at Duke Divinity School and Director of the Graduate Program in Religion at Duke University. He received his B.A. from Stanford University and Ph.D. from Harvard University. His publications include \u003cem\u003eAugustus H. Strong and the Dilemma of Historical Consciousness \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eHeaven Below: Pentecostals and American Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. From 1997 to 2002 was a senior editor of the quarterly journal \u003cem\u003eChurch History: Studies in Christianity and Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2008 he served as president of the American Society of Church History. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRandall Balmer \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of American Religious History at Barnard College, Columbia University. He is the author of a dozen books, including \u003cem\u003eA Perfect Babel of Confusion: Dutch Religion and English Culture in the Middle Colonies; Protestantism in America\u003c\/em\u003e; and G\u003cem\u003eod in the White House: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush\u003c\/em\u003e. His second book, \u003cem\u003eMine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America\u003c\/em\u003e, now in its fourth edition, was made into an award-winning three-part documentary for PBS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662122946834,"sku":"9780199832699","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_67a3ad69-f7cd-464a-8349-1ca2dac0ec0e.jpg?v=1733513493","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/religion-in-american-life-a-short-history-9780199832699","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}