Retelling U.S. Religious History

Thomas A. Tweed

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780520205703
• eBook ISBN: 9780520917989
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

This collection marks a turning point in the study of the history of American religions. In challenging the dominant paradigm, Thomas A. Tweed and his coauthors propose nothing less than a reshaping of the way that American religious history is understood, studied, and taught. The range of these essays is extraordinary. They analyze sexual pleasure, colonization, gender, and interreligious exchange. The narrators position themselves in a number of geographical sites, including the Canadian border, the American West, and the Deep South. And they discuss a wide range of groups, from Pueblo Indians and Russian Orthodox to Japanese Buddhists and Southern Baptists.
This collection marks a turning point in the study of the history of American religions. In challenging the dominant paradigm, Thomas A. Tweed and his coauthors propose nothing less than a reshaping of the way that American religious history is understood

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• Introduction
• ONE Sexuality in American Religious History
• TWO Ritual Sites in the Narrative of American Religion
• THREE Women’s History Is American Religious History
• FOUR The Illusion of Shifting Demand
• FIVE Eastward Ho!
• SIX Indians, Contact, and Colonialism in the Deep South
• SEVEN Voices from the Attic
• EIGHT Exchanging Selves, Exchanging Souls
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• Index