Religious diversity and American religious history
Subtitle: studies in traditions and cultures
By: edited by Walter H. Conser, Jr. and Sumner B. Twiss.
Contributors: Conser, Walter H.; Twiss, Sumner B.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Athens, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: Religious pluralism -- United States -- History.; United States -- Religion.
Description: The ten essays in this volume explore the vast diversity of religions in the United States, from Judaic, Catholic, and African American to Asian, Muslim, and Native American traditions. Chapters on religion and the South, religion and gender, indigenous sectarian religious movements, and the metaphysical tradition round out the collection.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes papers presented at a national conference on new directions in American religious history sponsored by Brown University in March 1994.