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A Religious History of the American People
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by Sydney E. Ahlstrom
Sales Rank: 389108
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 1174 pages
Published by: Yale University Press; New Ed edition September 10, 1974
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0300017626
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0300017625
Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.1 x 2 inches
Weighs: 3.1 pounds
Product Description
This classic work, winner of the 1973 National Book Award in Philosophy and Religion and Christian Century’s choice as the Religious Book of the Decade (1979), is now issued with a new chapter by noted religious historian David Hall, who carries the story of American religious history forward to the present day.
Praise for the earlier edition:
“An unusual and praiseworthy book. . . . It takes a modern, almost anthropological view of history, in which worship is a part of a web of culture along with play, love, dress, and language.”—B.A. Weisberger, Washington Post Book World
“The most detailed, most polished of the works in its tradition.”—Martin E. Marty, New York Times Book Review
“An intellectual delight that one does not so much read as savor.”—America
“The definitive one-volume study by the leading authority.”—Christianity Today
“No one writing or thinking hereafter about America’s past will be able to ignore Ahlstrom’s magisterial account of the religious element.”—American Historical Review
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Paperback
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"An unusual and praiseworthy book. . . . It takes a modern, almost anthropological view of history, in which worship is a part of a web of culture along with play, love, dress, and language."-B.A. Weisberger, Washington Post Book World; "The most detailed, most polished of the works in its tradition." --Martin E. Marty, New York Times Book Review; "An intellectual delight that one does not so much read as savor."-America; "The definitive one-volume study by the leading authority."-Christianity Today; "No one writing or thinking hereafter about America's past will be able to ignore Ahlstrom's magisterial account of the religious element." - American Historical Review
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Reader Reviews
I cannot praise this work enough. The time invested in reading this book has been well worth it. It has not yet been surpassed in scope or excellence. The work is well-balanced and covers all of the major movements and some of the minor movements in American religious history. The Puritans are dealt with fairly, as are other Protestant and non-Protestant Christian groups with substantial coverage of Roman Catholic history in America, and Ahlstrom covers the Eastern Orthodox groups as well. This is a graduate level book that can also be read in advanced undergraduate course work and I recommend this book for all Americans, regardless of your faith. Since one cannot understand American history without understanding our religious heritage, it should be on the reading list for all students of American history. A masterwork. Five stars are not enough praise for this work. If truth is important to you, and you respect high scholarship, then you will appreciate this book. It is also very well written, and the flow of the text is both smooth and erudite, without being haughty or overly specialized.
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