American Religion

Reason, Revival, and Revolution: Religion in America's Founding, 1726-1792

The role of religion in the founding of the American Republic is one of the most contentious historical and political issues of our time. As Presidential candidates vie to persuade voters of their religious fervor, religious denominations undertake unprecedented lobbying and electoral action, and the Supreme Court blurs "the separation of church and state," two different historical accounts of religion in Revolutionary society have also emerged in scholarly discourse.

Nurseries of Faith: The New York Methodist Book Concern and the Growth of Methodist Sunday Schools in Upper Canada, 1815-1850
A Faith for All Persuasions: Almanacs and American Religious Life, 1730-1820
The Religious Roots of Mass Media in America, 1800-1860
The Divine Harmonia: Transcendentalism, Popular Religion, and Healing Movements in Nineteenth-Century America