num_pages: 288
description: The author of The Book of J analyzes the American religious imagination to produce this brilliant examination of a national soul. His consensus: America is a nation of Gnostics, believers in a pre-Christian tradition of individual divinity.
language: English
title: The American Religion: The Emergence of The Post-Christian Nation
titlecomplete: The American Religion: The Emergence of The Post-Christian Nation
genres: Literary Criticism, History, Sociology, Philosophy, Religion, Theology, American, Nonfiction, Christianity, Cultural
ratings_count: 444
publisher: Simon & Schuster