New Historical Atlas of Religion in America

by Gaustad, Edwin Scott; Barlow, Philip L.; Dishno, Richard W.

• ISBN13: 9780195091687
• ISBN10: 019509168X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In two editions over 40 years, Edwin Gaustad's Atlas of American Religion has been an essential guide to the American religious experience. Now the New Historical Atlas of Religion in America takes the story into the new millennium. Expanded, reorganized, and now in full color, the new edition of this classic reference work is an arresting visual and narrative portrait of the growth, development, and diversity of America's communities of faith across nearly 400 years. Here is a vastly more complex American religious life--from the decline of mainstream Protestantism to the emergence of evangelical churches and the growing influence of Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and other faiths. Parts One and Two are a history--in maps and text--of American religions. Part Threefocuses in-depth on Lutherans, Mormons, and Roman Catholics. Part Four examines the political, cultural, and social aspects of religion in American public life. Lavishly illustrated with full-color maps, charts, and diagrams, the new Atlas is an essential resource for all readers--students, teachers, scholars, and everyone seeking to understand the remarkable religious history of the United States.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
List of Figures	xi
Interpreting the Maps and Graphs: Definitions, Method, and Citations	xvii
Preface	xxi
Institutional and Ethnic Religion before 1800
Introduction	1	(54)
Establishment of Colonial Patterns	11	(1)
African Americans	12	(3)
Anglicans	15	(5)
Baptists	20	(3)
Congregationalists	23	(5)
Lutherans	28	(2)
Native Americans	30	(5)
Pietists and Anabaptists	35	(3)
Presbyterians	38	(4)
Quakers	42	(4)
Reformed	46	(3)
Roman Catholics	49	(6)
Institutional and Ethnic Religion after 1800
Introduction	55	(228)
Extensions of Colonial Patterns
African Americans	68	(11)
Baptists	79	(11)
Congregationalists	90	(9)
Episcopalians	99	(8)
Lutherans	107	(6)
Native Americans	113	(9)
Pietists and Anabaptists	122	(9)
Presbyterians	131	(8)
Quakers	139	(7)
Reformed	146	(9)
Roman Catholics	155	(9)
Challenges to Colonial Patterns
Adventists and Millenarians	164	(10)
Christian Scientists	174	(4)
Disciples, Christian, and Churches of Christ	178	(10)
Eastern Orthodox	188	(6)
Hispanic Americans	194	(2)
Holiness and Pentecostal Groups	196	(13)
Judaism	209	(10)
Methodists	219	(13)
Mormons	232	(11)
Shakers	243	(2)
Unitarians and Universalists	245	(13)
Toward Pluralism
Asian Americans	258	(4)
Buddhists	262	(6)
Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs	268	(7)
Muslims and Baha is	275	(8)
Three Case Studies
Introduction	283	(42)
Lutherans	285	(11)
Mormons	296	(13)
Roman Catholics	309	(16)
Broader Perspectives
Introduction	325	(30)
America in Context: Canada	327	(6)
Camp Meetings	333
Place Names	325	(16)
Religion and Politics	341	(5)
Religion and Education	346	(3)
Belief and Unbelief	349	(6)
CONCLUSION The Geography of American Religion
Introduction	355	(40)
Denominational Predominance in U.S. History	357	(34)
Does it Matter?	391	(4)
A Note on the Sources	395	(3)
Appendices
A: Locations and Dates of Churches Founded by 1650	398	(1)
B: Number of Churches in 1750: Denominational Distribution by Colonies	399	(1)
C: Number of Churches in 1850: Denominational Distribution by States and Territories	400	(1)
D: Number of Churches in 1890: Denominational Distribution by States and Territories	401	(1)
E: Number of Churches in 1950: Denominational Distribution by States	402	(1)
F: Total Adherents in 1990 by States	403	(1)
G: County Locator Maps	404	(9)
Index	413