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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965911303321

Autore

Butler Jon <1940->

Titolo

New world faiths : religion in colonial America / / Jon Butler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

9780198044239

0198044232

Descrizione fisica

xi, 183 p., [8] p. of plates : ill

Collana

Religion in American life

Disciplina

200.973/0903

Soggetti

United States Religion To 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-166) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Worlds old and new -- Religion and missions in New Spain and New France -- Religion in England's first colonies -- The flowering of religious diversity -- African and American Indian religion -- Reviving colonial religion -- Religion and the American Revolution.

Sommario/riassunto

Jon Butler begins by describing the state of religious affairs in both the Old and New Worlds on the eve of colonization--and traces the progress of religion in the colonies through the time of the American Revolution. It covers all the religious groups in the colonies: Protestants, Jews, Catholics, as well as the unique religious experiences of Native Americans and African Americans. Sidebars containing primary source documents complement the narrative text.