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Religion, race, and American history.America's Religious History is an up-to-date, narrative-based introduction to the unique role of faith in American history. Moving beyond present-day polemics to understand the challenges and nuances of our religious past, leading historian Thomas S. Kidd interweaves religious history and key events from the larger story of American history, including:
- The Great Awakening
- The American Revolution
- Slavery and the Civil War
- Civil rights and church-state controversy
- Immigration, religious diversity, and the culture wars
Useful for both classroom and personal study,
America's Religious History provides a balanced, authoritative assessment of how faith has shaped American life and politics.
List of contents
Introduction: Religious Vitality, Conflict, and Liberty in America
1. Early America
2. Awakenings and Empire
3. Religion and the American Founding
4. The Era of the Second Great Awakening
5. Global and Domestic Missions
6. Moral Reform and Slavery
7. The Civil War
8. Immigration, Temperance, and Gilded Age America
9. Evolution, the Bible, and the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy
10. The World Wars and the Rise of Neo-Evangelicalism
11. Protest and the Revolutions of the 1960s
12. Immigration and New Religious Diversity Since 1965
13. Church-State Relations, the “Silent Majority,” and Jimmy Carter
14. The Reagan Revolution and the Moral Majority
15. Post 9-11 America
Conclusion: A Post-Christian America?
Summary
Religion, race, and American history.
America's Religious History is an up-to-date, narrative-based introduction to the unique role of faith in American history. Moving beyond present-day polemics to understand the challenges and nuances of our religious past, leading historian Thomas S. Kidd interweaves religious history and key events from the larger story of American history, including:
- The Great Awakening
- The American Revolution
- Slavery and the Civil War
- Civil rights and church-state controversy
- Immigration, religious diversity, and the culture wars
Useful for both classroom and personal study,
America's Religious History provides a balanced, authoritative assessment of how faith has shaped American life and politics.
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'Thomas Kidd's brisk narrative of America's religious story brings together a variety of historical strands to create a highly readable, engaging introduction to the many traditions that constitute our contemporary landscape. Kidd's deep knowledge of his subject sharpens his eye for both underexamined but important episodes and significant historical trends. He has created a lively, rich account that will appeal to a wide audience. His excellent suggestions for further reading will satisfy readers wanting to dig more deeply.'
