ABSTRACT
First Published in 2001. Charting the history and geographic development of American religions, The Routledge Historical Atlas of Religion in America displays in vibrant visual and textual detail the intimate relationship between American spiritual belief and the events that formed the nation. Mirroring the variety found in America's religious past and present, coverage focuses on such diverse topics as: Indigenous American Religions, Russian Orthodoxy, French Catholicism, The Puritans, Judaism in the Colonies, The Great Awakening, American Metaphysical Movements, African American Churches, The Mormons, Islam, Buddhism and German Sects in Colonial America. Loaded with more than 50 full-color maps, charts, and illustrations, The Routledge Historical Atlas of Religion in America is an indispensable reference for those interested in the American religious experience.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|10 pages
Indigenous American Religions, Prehistory–Present
part II|8 pages
European Christianity Colonizes America, 1500–1867
part III|30 pages
Colonial Formations, 1607–1800
part IV|28 pages
Protestant Expansion in the Nineteenth Century
part V|24 pages
World Religions and Growing Pluralism, 1850–Present
part VI|16 pages
Religions of the Modern Age