Religion in America (Hardcover, 7 ed)

Contents. Preface. Part One: Preliminary Considerations. Introduction: Religious America: Diversity and Freedom. 1. Studying and Describing Religion. 2. Religion in the Life of the United States. Part Two: Christianity in the United States?Commonality and Diversity. 3. The Waning Influence of Mainline Protestantism and the New Evangelical Majority. 4. Christianity in American Culture: Diverse Themes. 5. Catholic Christianity: Sacramental Community. 6. Ethnic Diversity in Christianity: Two Examples. 7. American-Born Christianities. Part Three: Expanding Diversity. 8. Living a Jewish Life in the United States. 9. Muslims in the United States: A Growing Minority. Humanism and the Unitarian Universalists. 11. Hindus and Buddhists: Asia Comes to America. 12. Other Religious and Spiritual Movements. 13. Conflict and Controversy. Epilogue: Community and Communication. Index.