Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American People (Studies in Cultural History)
Butler's fine scholarly summary of the first three centuries of Christian experience in America is both well researched and very readable. Butler ranges widely, showing how the elitist Christianity of early modern Europe co-existed with belief in magic and the occult and also discussing 18th-century church establishment in America, the negligible impact of the Great Awakening, the impact of the American Revolution on religion, and the democratization of 19th-century American religion. While many of his theses are arguable, they are all impressively defended. Recommended for large public and academic libraries.- Susan A. Stussy, St. Norbert Coll., De Pere, Wis.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.