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.

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

part I|10 pages

Indigenous American Religions, Prehistory–Present

chapter |2 pages

Northern Hunting Religions

chapter |2 pages

Southern Agricultural Religions

chapter |2 pages

Ancient Hawaiian Religion

part II|8 pages

European Christianity Colonizes America, 1500–1867

chapter |2 pages

Spanish Catholic Colonization

chapter |2 pages

French Catholicism in North America

chapter |2 pages

Russian Orthodoxy Colonizes America

part III|30 pages

Colonial Formations, 1607–1800

chapter |4 pages

Puritanism in New England

chapter |2 pages

Colonial Presbyterianism

chapter |2 pages

The Rise and Fall of Quaker Regions

chapter |2 pages

The Rise of the Baptists

chapter |2 pages

The Development of American Methodism

chapter |4 pages

Lutheran and Reformed Groups

chapter |2 pages

German Sectarians in British America

chapter |4 pages

Catholicism and Judaism in the Colonies

chapter |4 pages

The Great Awakening

part IV|28 pages

Protestant Expansion in the Nineteenth Century

chapter |2 pages

The Second Great Awakening

chapter |2 pages

The Baptists and Methodists Surge

chapter |4 pages

Missionary Outreach

chapter |2 pages

Unitarians and Universalists

chapter |4 pages

American Metaphysical Movements

chapter |2 pages

Communitarian Aspirations

chapter |4 pages

Mormonism

chapter |4 pages

African-American Churches

part V|24 pages

World Religions and Growing Pluralism, 1850–Present

chapter |4 pages

The Growth of American Catholicism

chapter |4 pages

The Development of American Judaism

chapter |4 pages

Eastern Orthodoxy in America

chapter |2 pages

Islam in America

chapter |4 pages

Hinduism and Sikhism in America

chapter |4 pages

Buddhism in America

part VI|16 pages

Religions of the Modern Age

chapter |2 pages

Fundamentalist Protestantism

chapter |4 pages

Holiness and Pentecostalism

chapter |4 pages

Urban African-American Religions

chapter |4 pages

Unificationism, Scientology, and Baha'i

chapter |4 pages

American Religious Regions