America's Religions: From Their Origins to the Twenty-First Century

by Peter W. Williams

Book Overview

In this comprehensive survey, Williams offers concise descriptions of the background, beliefs, practices, and leaders of America's most influential and distinctive religious movements and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025207551X
• ISBN13: 9780252075513
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

A fascinating read and a sweeping historical analysis

America's Religions: From Their Origins To The Twenty-First Century by Peter W. Williams (Distinguished Professor of Comparative Religions and American Studies, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio) is a massive, comprehensive, meticulous study of the religious movements that have shaped the United States and ranges from Native American religions and early European colonization era communities of faith to the religious modernism and pluralism of the twentieth century. Divided into fifty-five chapters, the scholarly narrative path traces a long road across centuries of human belief. America's Religions is a fascinating read and a sweeping historical analysis which is very highly recommended for History Of Religion supplemental reading lists and reference collections.