AMERICAN CHRISTIANITIES

From the founding of the first colonies until the present the influence of Christianity as the dominant faith in American society has extended far beyond church pews into the wider culture Yet at the same time Christians in the United States have disagreed sharply about the meaning of their shared tradition and divided by denominational affiliation race and ethnicity they have taken stances on every side of contested public issues from slavery to womens rights This volume of twentytwo original essays contributed by a group of prominent thinkers in American religious studies provides a sophisticated understanding of both the diversity and the alliances among Christianities in the United States and the influences that have shaped churches and the nation in reciprocal ways American Christianities explores this paradoxical dynamic of dominance and diversity that are the true marks of a faith too often perceived as homogeneous and monolithic ContributorsCatherine L Albanese University of California Santa BarbaraJames B Bennett Santa Clara UniversityEdith Blumhofer Wheaton College Ann Braude Harvard Divinity SchoolCatherine A Brekus University of Chicago Divinity SchoolKristina Bross Purdue UniversityRebecca L Davis University of DelawareCurtis J Evans University of Chicago Divinity SchoolTracy Fessenden Arizona State University Kathleen Flake Vanderbilt University Divinity SchoolW Clark Gilpin University of Chicago Divinity SchoolStewart M Hoover University of Colorado at BoulderJeanne Halgren Kilde University of MinnesotaDavid W Kling University of MiamiTimothy S Lee Brite Divinity School Texas Christian UniversityDan McKanan Harvard Divinity SchoolMichael D McNally Carleton CollegeMark A Noll University of Notre DameJon Pahl The Lutheran Theological Seminary at PhiladelphiaSally M Promey Yale UniversityJon H Roberts Boston UniversityJonathan D Sarna Brandeis University