Title: Encyclopedia of the American religious experience :
Authors: Lippy, Charles H.; Williams, Peter W.
Date: 1988
Publisher: Scribner,
Physical description: 3 volumes (xvi, 1872 pages) ; 29 cm
Language: English
LC classification: B
Abstract: Contains 105 essays that examine the role of religion in North American society from the time of Native American tribal cultures to the age of the electronic church. Organized by topic, with cross references, bibliographies, and a detailed index.
Contents: Vol. 1. Approaches to religion in America -- North America: contexts and backgrounds -- Jewish and Christian traditions -- vol. 2. Religions outside the Jewish and Christian traditions -- Movements in American religion -- American religious thought and literature -- vol. 3. Liturgy, worship, and the arts -- Religion and the political and social orders -- The dissemination of American religion.
Subject headings (LCSH): North America--Religion--Encyclopedias.; North America--Religion.; Reference works.; United States--Religion--Encyclopedias.; United States--Religion.