The Blackwell Companion to Religion in America (Electronic book text)

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 frameworksSpans a wide range of traditions and movements, from the Baptists and Methodists, to Buddhists and MormonsExplores topics ranging from religion and the media, immigration, and piety, though to politics and social reformConsiders how American religion has influenced and been interpreted in literature and popular cultureProvides 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