02116nam 22004814a 450 991096591130332120251116153159.097801980442390198044232(MiAaPQ)EBC7036544(CKB)24235067800041(MiAaPQ)EBC415587(Au-PeEL)EBL415587(CaPaEBR)ebr10212027(CaONFJC)MIL116236(OCoLC)191027922(Au-PeEL)EBL7036544(OCoLC)1336404512(EXLCZ)992423506780004120070613d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNew world faiths religion in colonial America /Jon ButlerOxford ;New York Oxford University Press2008xi, 183 p., [8] p. of plates illReligion in American lifeIncludes bibliographical references (p. 159-166) and index.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.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.Religion in American life.United StatesReligionTo 1800200.973/0903Butler Jon1940-791410MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910965911303321New world faiths4464737UNINA