Religion in America. Volume I

Synopsis

Written by James T. Baker, this primary sourcebook, includes the major documents that illustrate the development of religion in and its impact on United States history. These primary sourcebooks include the major documents that illustrate the development of religion and its impact on U.S. history. Encouraging students to explore the varieties, developments, similarities, and differences of religion in the United States, RELIGION IN AMERICA sheds light on certain religious contradictions in the American personality. Each volume considers the contradictions resulting from two great historical events that shook the Western world just as Europeans began arriving in America: the Reformation and the Enlightenment.