Dissent in American Religion: Revised Edition (Chicago History of American Religion CHAR) - Softcover

Gaustad, Edwin Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226284514 ISBN 13: 9780226284514

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2006

Synopsis

Dissent in American Religion Presents religious dissent in the United States as a pervasive but hidden and often-ignored stream in American life. This book reviews the history of the nation's longest dissenting tradition, a tradition older and richer in the realm of religion than in any other facet of national life. It features a commentary on the American religious history. Full description

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"We shall understand the religious past and present better for reading Gaustad's brief, well-written, helpful book." - Commonweal "This is an important and erudite work which shows the originality and scope which scholarship can bring to human experience." - Los Angeles Times"

Synopsis:

"Dissent in American Religion", originally published in 1973, was the first book to present religious dissent in the United States as a pervasive but hidden and often-ignored stream in American life. The first volume in the "Chicago History of American Religion" series, it reviewed the history of our nation's longest dissenting tradition - a tradition older and richer in the realm of religion than in any other facet of national life. Indeed, Edwin Scott Gaustad argued that religious dissent was essential to the character of the American religious experience and stood in profound disagreement with society's orthodox values and beliefs. This new edition, which reinaugurates the "Chicago History of American Religion" series under the new editorship of John Corrigan, features new commentary by Gaustad and Corrigan on the past thirty years of American religious history and the importance of understanding dissent in American religion today.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0226284514
• ISBN 13: 9780226284514
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206