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Title: A Religious History of the American People by David D. Hall, Sydney E. Ahlstrom ISBN: 0-300-10012-4 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 10 May, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good for reference study as well as reading front to back
Comment: In this one volume you can get a sense of the breadth and depth of the religious experience in the United States. It is a stunning story and one that the author tells quite well. The book is now thirty years old, so you can't expect anything after the 1960s. From my point of view, the book is stronger in dealing with the larger and more mainstream religious viewpoints than the minority sects and religions. While smaller, they are often not marginal and have had an impact on our culture beyond their size and yet the tone used in discussing them treats them, too often for my taste, as marginal. The point being that if you are already in the religious mainstream faiths, this book will seem more objective to you than if you are one of the faiths outside those traditions.
But that is a small point when compared to the many strengths of this book. It is amazingly comprehensive for a single volume. And though it is over 1,000 pages it reads easily. It also has a fine index and can be used for reference on specific topics as well as reading from front to back. This is a strong book and belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in the religious life of America.
Rating: 5
Summary: The finest single volume work on American religious history
Comment: I cannot praise this work enough. The time invested in reading this book has been well worth it. It has not yet been surpassed in scope or excellence. The work is well-balanced and covers all of the major movements and some of the minor movements in American religious history. The Puritans are dealt with fairly, as are other Protestant and non-Protestant Christian groups with substantial coverage of Roman Catholic history in America, and Ahlstrom covers the Eastern Orthodox groups as well. This is a graduate level book that can also be read in advanced undergraduate course work and I recommend this book for all Americans, regardless of your faith. Since one cannot understand American history without understanding our religious heritage, it should be on the reading list for all students of American history. A masterwork. Five stars are not enough praise for this work. If truth is important to you, and you respect high scholarship, then you will appreciate this book. It is also very well written, and the flow of the text is both smooth and erudite, without being haughty or overly specialized.
Rating: 5
Summary: Heavy, but a wealth of information -- built on a good base.
Comment: For Ahlstrom, the underriding current that has shaped American theology -- especially Christian theology -- has been Puritanism. With good reason, he addresses a plethora of religious movements and trends in America, showing how each of them was either an outgrowth of or a reaction to American Puritanism.
Because of its length, this book looks intimidating; however, the thorough approach Ahlstrom has taken coupled with his presentation of Puritanism as the factor that has served to shape American theolgy more than any other makes the reading of this volume very worth the effort!
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Title: The Religious History of America : The Heart of the American Story from Colonial Times to Today by Edwin S. Gaustad, Leigh Schmidt ISBN: 0060630574 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 08 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada by Mark A. Noll ISBN: 0802806511 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: August, 1992 List Price(USD): $38.00 |
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Title: The Democratization of American Christianity by Nathan O. Hatch ISBN: 0300050607 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: March, 1991 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Pilgrims in Their Own Land: 500 Years of Religion in America by Martin E. Marty ISBN: 0140082689 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: August, 1985 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Fundamentalism and American Culture by George Marsden ISBN: 0195030834 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: March, 1982 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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