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Religion in American Life: A Short History
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by Jon Butler, Grant Wacker, and Randall Balmer
Sales Rank: 577571
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$4.77
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 568 pages
Published by: Oxford University Press, USA February 13, 2003
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0195158245
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0195158243
Book Dimensions:
8.7 x 6 x 1.7 inches
Weighs: 1.7 pounds
From Library Journal
Yet another history of religion in America? And with all the flaws of previous histories? Religion in this book essentially means Protestant Christianity, with a few side glances at Judaism, Catholicism, Native American religion, Islam, and Asian religions. America generally means the United States, except in the Colonial period, when a few references are made to New France in the north and New Spain in the south. In this short history by Butler (Religion in Colonial America), Grant Wacker (Heaven Below: Early Pentecostals and American Culture), and Randall Balmer (Religion in 20th-Century America), the reader receives a large catalog of data and events that are difficult to place in any pattern of development or interpretation. The authors seem unable to provide an outline of trends or changes that supply a context for understanding this complex history. The classic work is still Sidney Ahlstrom's A Religious History of the American People; to set this story in true pluralistic context, Ahlstrom's book should be read alongside Diana L. Eck's recent and highly regarded A New Religious America. The reader would be better served by these two books than this new one. Not recommended.
James A. Overbeck, Atlanta-Fulton P.L., GA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Review
"It is refreshing to be able to use 'accessible' and 'authoritative' in the same sentence, and even nicer to find these two attributes in a single book. Each author is an acclaimed authority in his period and, happily, each is a gifted writer. The result is a splendid introduction to American religion for the classroom--and far beyond."--Edwin Gaustad
Reader Reviews
Religion in American Life: A Short History is merely a disclosure of a series of events relating to the role of religion in America's history. There is a great deal of information here that is presented in a haphazard manner. The authors' attempts at analysis are brief and shallow. The lack of footnotes or endnotes make deeper investigation difficult to impossible. The authors are unable to keep the text chronological, especially in the transition from the 19th to the 20th century. In any text like this, it is expected to jump back occasionally, but they should be brief with the past event's impact thorougly discussed and analyzed in its proper place in the timeline. Here, the events are discussed at random. The book's two best features occupy the last quarter of the text. The first is a chronolgy of events since 1492. The second is a list of suggested further reading. Overall, the book is worthwhile as an introduction to the subject and to get a feel for the role of relgion in America's history, development and progress, but you will want to eventually supplement it with a more carefully organized and credited work.
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