Religion in America

This comprehensive narrative account of religion in America from the sixteenth century through the present depicts the religious life of the American people within the context of American society. It addresses topics ranging from the European origins of American religious thought and the diversity of religion in America, to the relation of nationhood with religious practice and the importance of race, ethnicity, and gender in American religious history. Split into four parts this textbook covers: Religion in a Colonial Context, 1492-1789 The New Nation, 1789-1865 Years of Midpassage, 1865-1918 Modern America, 1918- Present This new edition has been thoroughly updated to include further discussion of colonialism, religious minorities, space and empire, religious freedom, emotion, popular religion, sexuality, the ascent of the "nones," Islamophobia, and the development of an American mission to the world. With a detailed timeline, illustrations and maps throughout, and an accompanying companion website Religion in America is the perfect introduction for students new to the study of this topic who wish to understand the key themes, places, and people who shaped the world as we know it today.

Preface Introduction: Land, People, and Nation The Geography of the Nation The Ethnography of the Nation Religious Pluralism Regionalism Common Cause and Intolerance Studying American Religious History The Colonial Frame Space Secularity Post-/911 Part 1 Religion in a Colonial Context, 1492-1789 Chapter One: Backgrounds and Beginnings Native Peoples A Distinctive Worldview Belief and Performance A myth of Purity and Decay Catholic Missionaries The Protestant Reformation and the Council of Trent Feelings of Enchantment The Spanish Religious Interest Old Spain and New Spain "The Friars were watching" French Missions and Institution’s Religious Disagreements and the Problem of Organization Catholicism in the St. Lawrence Valley Institutional Support Chapter Two: The Atlantic World Protestant Predominance in the English Colonies The Puritan Heritage Religious Diversity A New Beginning in a New Land The Importance of the Laity The Breakdown of the Parish System The Possibility of Thoroughgoing Reform The Sense of Expectancy Religious Enemies Religious Characteristics of the Different Colonies The Southern Colonies The New England Colonies The Middle Colonies The English-Speaking Denominations The Anglicans The Congregationalists The Presbyterians The Baptists The Quakers The Roman Catholics Denominations of Continental Origin The Dutch and the French Reformed Mennonites, Dunkers and Moravians The German Lutherans and the German Reformed The Jews Everyday Religious Belief and Practice Chapter Three: The Great Awakening Transatlantic Influences The Transmission of Ritual Forms Theological Change and Public Piety in New England The First Stirrings of Revival Theodore J. Frelinghuysen The Tennents Jonathan Edwards The Great Awakening "The Grand Itinerant" The Mounting Opposition The Southern Phase of the Awakening The Impact of the Awakening Institutional Consequences The Theological Temper Generated by the Awakening The Denominational Concept Chapter Four: The Birth of the Republic Religion and Politics The Puritan Political Heritage Fear of Anglican Expansion Deism The Winning of Independence The Attitude of the Various Denominations The Role of the Clergy Religious Freedom Separation of Church and State African Traditions and Christianization Part Two: The New Nation, 1789-1865 Chapter Five: The Republic and the Churches The Mission of America The Religion of the Republic Church Religion The Reordering of Denominational Life Anglicans Congregationalists, Presybterians, and Baptists Methodists and "Christians" Roman Catholics Estimating the Influence of the Churches Chapter Six: Protestant Expansion and Consolidation The Second Awakening Camp Meetings New Measures Roles for Women Settler Colonialism, Race, and Religion Missionary Societies Voluntary Societies and a National Strategy The Mood of the South Overseas Missions Chapter Seven: The Broadening of Denominational life Unitarians and Universalists The Emergence of African American Denominations The Female Majority Antebellum Roman Catholicism Jewish Communities Rationalists, Scientists and Transcendentalists Migration to East to West The Businessmen’s Revival Chapter Eight: Visions of Religious Community The Utopian Vision The Shakers The Oneida Community Transcendentalism's "Wild Oats" New Visions The Mormons The Millerites The Spiritualists The Humanitarian Impulse The Expanding Concern The Disruption of the Churches Mediation and Conflict Intolerance Space and Empire Part Three Years of Midpassage, 1865-1918 Chapter Nine: Post-Civil War America Reconstituting the Nation The Bond of Religion The Failure of Reconstruction The Southern Churches The Churches and the Freedmen The Growth of African American Churches Renewal of Home Missionary Concern Church Extension in the West Native Americans and Christian Missions Urban Revivalism The Sunday School Movement Chapter Ten: The New Americans The Response of the Older Americans Nativist Concerns Protestant-Catholic Tensions Protestant Ministries to the Immigrants Adjustments and Tensions within Roman Catholicism Institutional Developments "Americanism" Other Immigrant Faiths and Accessions Lutheran Accessions Other Protestant Accessions Judaism and Eastern Orthodox Christianity Chapter Eleven: The New Intellectual Climate Protestant Liberalism The Fundamental Issue of Biblical Authority Evangelical Liberalism Scientific Modernism Unbelief Protestant Conservatism New Departures The Religion of Humanity Wisdom from the East Science, Religion, Health Chapter Twelve: New Frontiers for the Churches The Roles of Women and Men Churchgoing Women The Segregated Clergy Social Reform Religious Innovation Masculinizing Religion The Challenge of the Cities New Techniques for City Churches The Institutional Church The Churches and the Economic Order The Gospel of Wealth The Feeling of Emptiness and Consumer Culture Social Discontent The Social Gospel The "Progressive" Movement Dollar Diplomacy and Religion The Evangelization of the World Part 4 Modern America, 1918 Chapter Thirteen: The Shifting Religious Configuration Judaism Reform Judaism The Great Immigration Reconstructionism and Zionism Jewish Religious Revivals at Mid-Century Eastern Orthodox Christianity The Orthodox Churches Orthodoxy in America "Disaffected" Protestants The Holiness Movement Pentecostalism Millennialism The Black Churches Mid-Twentieth-Century Religious Profile Chapter Fourteen: Protestant Transition and New Religions The Transitional Years The Postwar Generation The Fundamentalist Controversy The Business of Religion Religions From Other Lands Islam African Americans and Islam Buddhism Hinduism Resistance to Asian Religions New Religious Movements Chapter Fifteen: Resurgence, Reform, and Renewal The Protestant Religious Resurgence of the Mid-Twentieth Century Reform: African Americans and Social Justice The Renewal of Roman Catholicism The Aftermath of World War One Increase in Numbers and Wealth Changing Status of Catholics in American Life Social Reform Intellectual life The Religious Revival Interfaith Relationships Evangelical Growth and Mainstream Protestant Decline Chapter Sixteen: Congregations and Coalitions The Religious Right Dominion Theology Roman Catholics: From Euphoria to Scandal Euphoria and Vacillation Dissidence Retrenchment Hispanic Catholicism The Scandal of Sexual Abuse Religion and Identity Hispanic Catholicism The Decline of Judaism Native Americans and the Land Nature Religion, Holistic Living, and Healing Chapter Seventeen: Moral Divisions: Religion After 9/11 Islamophobia Religious Freedom Sexuality Environment Economy and Society: Three Religious Movements WTO Protests Occupy Black Lives Matter The Nones Secularity The Marketplace of Religion

John Corrigan is Lucius Moody Bristol Distinguished Professor of Religion and Professor of History at Florida State University, USA.