Over the past decade, the writing of American religious history has finally blossomed to embrace some of the unique voices and viewpoints that have been ignored for too long. Reflecting this rich diversity of new perspectives, The Blackwell Companion to Religion in America has gathered together dozens of prestigious scholars from across the fields generations. In a series of thought-provoking original essays, these leading contributors consider a wide range of issues relating to the presentation and explication of religious history in the United States. Topics addressed extend from religion and media to social reform; and the religious traditions explored range from Baptists and Methodists toBuddhists and Mormons. Each essay maintains an unwavering critical eye to enhance our understanding of how these subjects are discussed at different times during our history. Collectively, this groundbreaking new volume represents the most sustained effort by scholars of American religious history to provide insights into the historiography of religion and its creation within evolving political and social frameworks. Presented with clarity and eloquence, The Blackwell Companion to Religion in America provides scholars and students alike with an invaluable source of information about the diverse religious history of the United States.Philip Goff is Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture and Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. He is the author or editor of numerous books and articles, including co-editor of Themes in Religion and American Culture (with Paul Harvey, 2004), and The Columbia Documentary History of Religion in America Since 1945 (2005). For ten years he has been Senior Co-editor of Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation. Dedicated to public teaching, he has also been a scriptwriter and an interviewee on documentaries related to religion in American life for PBS, BBC, and HBO. Goff is a leading interpreter of religions role in contemporary American life, and has been named in Whos Who Among Teachers, Whos Who in America, and Whos Who in the World.
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-6936-3
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 752
- Fecha Publicación: 23/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés