Author:
Hemeyer, Julia Corbett, 1945- author.
Edition Statement:7th Edition.
ImprintNew York : Routledge,Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
Descriptionxvi, 330 pages ; 24 cm.
Note:Includes index.
Note:1. Studying and describing religion -- 2. Religion in the life of the United States -- 3. The waning influence of mainline Protestantism and the new Evangelical majority -- 4. Christianity in American culture: diverse themes -- 5. Catholic Christianity: sacramental community -- 6. Ethnic diversity in Christianity: two examples -- 7. American-born Christianities -- 8. Living a Jewish life in the United States -- 9. Muslims in the United States: a growing minority -- 10. Humanism and the unitarian universalists -- 11. Hindus and Buddhists: Asia comes to America -- 12. Other religious and spiritual movements -- 13. Conflict and controversy.
