What can the religious objects used by nineteenth-and twentieth-century Americans tell us
about American Christianity? What is the relationship between the beliefs of the faithful and …

In A Consuming Faith, Susan Curtis analyzes the startling convergence of two events
previously treated independently: the emergence of a modern consumer-oriented culture …

Challenging the formidable tradition that places early New England Puritanism at the center
of the American religious experience, Yale historian Jon Butler offers a new interpretation of …

While Americans still profess to be one of the most religious people in the industrialized
world, many aspects of American culture have long been secular and materialistic. That is …

During the past thirty years the American religious landscape has undergone a dramatic
change. More and more churches meet in converted warehouses, many have ministers …

Religion in America is up for sale. The products range from a plethora of merchandise in
questionable taste--such as Bible-based diet books (More of Jesus. Less of Me), Rapture T …

From the parlor organ inside to the stained glass and Gothic arches outside, the ideal
Christian Victorian home reflected the flowering of domestic religion in America. But, as …

At once historically and theoretically informed, these essays invite the reader to think of
religion dynamically, reconsidering American religious history in terms of practices that are …

Religion and American Culture challenges the religion's traditional emphasis on older
European, American, male, middle-class, Protestant, northeastern narratives concerned …

A magisterial work of American theological history--authoritative, insightful, and unparalleled
in scope This book, the most comprehensive survey of early American Christian theology …