ABSTRACT
AMERICAN RELIGION IS USUALLY understood as the religion of European immigrants transplanted into the American soil. Most general texts that deal with this topic begin with the coming of the Puritans, continue through to the breakdown of the Puritan theocratic ideal and on to the new light, old light debate of the Presbyterians. We are then treated to a description of the great awakenings and the religion of the pioneers as they moved across the American landscape.
