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Religionhasplayedacomplex,vibrant,andmultifacetedroleinournation'shistory.Oneofthemost effectivewaystohelpstudentsexploreitsvitalityisthroughprimarysources. AmericanReligions:A DocumentaryHistoryistheonlyone-volume,up-to-datecollectionofprimarysourcesavailablefor Americanreligioushistorycourses.Featuringacreativedualstructure--thereadingsarearrangedboth chronologicallyandthematically--thisindispensablesourcebookcanbeusedinbothhistoricallyand topicallyorganizedcourses.Balancingcanonicalworkswiththosebynewlydiscoveredvoices, American Religions:ADocumentaryHistoryincludesseventy-fiveclassicandcontemporaryselectionsfromthe colonialperiodthroughthepresentday.Itoffersreadingsbyauniquelywiderangeofreligiously,socially, andethnicallydiversewriters:theologicalconservativesandliberals,northernersandsoutherners,women andmen,andAfricanAmericansandMexicanAmericansalongsideAnglo-Americans.Theselectionsare longenoughtostimulateseriousdiscussionyetconciseenoughforstudentstodigesteasily.Thevolumeis organizedintosixsectionsthatcoverdifferentchronologicalperiods,eachofwhichcontainswritingsonfive themes:theologicalreflections,ritualandperformance,spiritualautobiography,interreligiousconflictand negotiation,andmoreexpansiveconceptualizationsofreligion.Enhancedbybriefbiographiesoftheauthors, ageneralintroduction,andsectionintroductions,thetextalsoincludestwosamplesyllabi--oneoriented towardahistoricalapproachandtheothertowardathematicapproach.Idealforintroductorycoursesin religioninAmericaandAmericanreligioushistory--taughtbothinreligiousstudiesandhistorydepartments-AmericanReligions:ADocumentaryHistoryoffersstudentsabroadyetin-depthandengaginggateway intothesubject.Readmore