The Columbia Documentary History of Religion in America Since 1945

Paul Harvey and Philip Goff

Paper, 584 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11885-9
$28.50 / £17.00

May, 2005
Cloth, 584 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11884-2
$80.50 / £47.50

"Scholars Harvey and Goff bring together a rich collection of primary sources...We find many cultural themes rendered fresh and revealing." — Publishers Weekly

"This is a welcome and much-needed book... It provides texture and depth to lesser-known elements of the spiritual walk." — Stephen J. Shaw, American Reference Books Annual

"Harvey and Goff have done a great service in assembling these sources. Their collection deserves to receive wide use." — Charles H. Lippy, Church History

"At last! A usable documentary history of contemporary American religion has been long overdue. Goff and Harvey have provided us with a wonderful collection of relevant sources and insightful commentary. Thanks. It's already on my next syllabus!" — Lawrence Snyder, Western Kentucky University

Related Subjects

• American History
• American Religion
• Reference

About the Author

Paul Harvey is professor of history at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and the author of Freedom's Coming: Religious Culture and the Shaping of the South from the Civil War Through the Civil Rights Era. Philip Goff is professor of religious studies and director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Culture at Indiana University-Purdue University.

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