The Routledge Historical Atlas of Religion in America

by Carroll,Brett

• ISBN13: 9780415921312
• ISBN10: 0415921317
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Using full color maps and illustrations,The Routledge Historical Atlas of American Religionexamines the changing peoples and creeds that have greatly affected the course of American life. Starting with the religions of Native Americans and moving from the Puritanism of the early English settlers to the Catholicism of immigrants of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the Southern Baptism of African Americans during Reconstruction to the more contemporary phenomena of Scientology and the Unification Church, this atlas presents the expansive history and geography of religion in America in vibrant, visual detail. Also inlcludes 50 color maps.

Author Biography

Bret E. Carroll is Assistant Professor of History at California State University, Stanislaus.

Table of Contents

Foreword	8	(2)
Introduction	10	(2)
PART I: INDIGENOUS AMERICAN RELIGIONS, PREHISTORY-PRESENT	12	(10)
Northern Hunting Religions	14	(2)
Southern Agricultural Religions	16	(2)
Ancient Hawaiian Religion	18	(2)
Postcontact Revitalization and Accommodation	20	(2)
PART II: EUROPEAN CHRISTIANITY COLONIZES AMERICA, 1500-1867	22	(8)
Spanish Catholic Colonization	24	(2)
French Catholicism in North America	26	(2)
Russian Orthodoxy Colonizes America	28	(2)
PART III: COLONIAL FORMATIONS, 1607-1800	30	(30)
The Church of England in Colonial America	32	(2)
Puritanism in New England	34	(4)
Colonial Presbyterianism	38	(2)
The Rise and Fall of Quaker Regions	40	(2)
The Rise of the Baptists	42	(2)
The Development of American Methodism	44	(2)
Lutheran and Reformed Groups	46	(4)
German Sectarians in British America	50	(2)
Catholicism and Judaism in the Colonies	52	(4)
The Great Awakening	56	(4)
PART IV: PROTESTANT EXPANSION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY	60	(28)
The Second Great Awakening	62	(2)
The Baptists and Methodists Surge	64	(2)
Missionary Outreach	66	(4)
Restorationism and the Disciples of Christ	70	(2)
Unitarians and Universalists	72	(2)
American Metaphysical Movements	74	(4)
Communitarian Aspirations	78	(2)
Mormonism	80	(4)
African-American Churches	84	(4)
PART V: WORLD RELIGIONS AND GROWING PLURALISM, 1850-PRESENT	88	(24)
The Growth of American Catholicism	90	(4)
The Development of American Judaism	94	(4)
Eastern Orthodoxy in America	98	(4)
Islam in America	102	(2)
Hinduism and Sikhism in America	104	(4)
Buddhism in America	108	(4)
PART VI: RELIGIONS OF THE MODERN AGE	112	(16)
Fundamentalist Protestantism	114	(2)
Holiness and Pentecostalism	116	(4)
Urban African-American Religions	120	(4)
Unificationism, Scientology, and Baha'i	124	(4)
Epilogue: American Religious Regions	128	(4)
Chronology	132	(4)
Further Reading	136	(2)
Index	138	(6)
Acknowledgments	144