God in Gotham - The Miracle of Religion in Modern Manhattan

Perhaps nothing has ever been so frightening to people of faith as ¿the modern.¿ Pluralistic and rationalizing, modernity would seem the antithesis of traditional religious practice. But as historian Jon Butler shows, even Manhattan, the supposed capital of American secularism, has consistently proven a place steeped in devotion.

About the author

Jon Butler is Howard R. Lamar Emeritus Professor of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies at Yale University and Research Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. His books include the Los Angeles Times bestseller Becoming America and the prizewinning Awash in a Sea of Faith and The Huguenots in America. He is a past president of the Organization of American Historians.

Summary

Perhaps nothing has ever been so frightening to people of faith as “the modern.” Pluralistic and rationalizing, modernity would seem the antithesis of traditional religious practice. But as historian Jon Butler shows, even Manhattan, the supposed capital of American secularism, has consistently proven a place steeped in devotion.

Product details

• Authors: Jon Butler, Butler Jon
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780674045682
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04568-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / History, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, History of Religion, History of the Americas