The University of North Carolina Press

Religious Studies

American Religious History & Thought


Separatism and Subculture
Boston Catholicism, 1900-1920
by Paula M. Kane

"A richly contextualized and very readable analysis of the different voices in which Boston Catholics spoke during the Progressive Era. . . . This lively study raises new and important questions for students and scholars in American social and religious history, as well as for specialists in women's studies and gender studies."Choice

430 pp., 2128-4 Special price $19.95 cl

The Catholic Counterculture in America, 1933-1962
by James Terence Fisher

A Choice Outstanding Academic Book

"A fascinating book that puts into conversation certain figures (Day, Dooley, Merton, Kerouac) in the pluralistic strands of twentieth-century America in ways that illuminate each."David Tracy, University of Chicago

324 pp., 1863-1 $37.50 cl

Studies in Religion

God's New Israel
Religious Interpretations of American Destiny
edited by Conrad Cherry

Updated and Revised Edition

This newly updated and revised classic collection of readings explores the idea of America's "civil religion" -- the theme of American destiny under God through major developments in American history.

Science and Religion in the Era of William James
Volume 1, Eclipse of Certainty, 1820-1880
by Paul Jerome Croce

"[Croce] has written a fascinating account of the conflicts and turmoil of the American nineteenth century, alerting the reader to seminal scenes of contradictions in the shaping of the overall image of this decisive phase in the making of American cultural history." Journal of American History

390 pp., 2200-0 $42.50 cl

4506-X $17.95 pa

Jonathan Edwards, Religious Tradition, and American Culture
by Joseph A. Conforti

"Conforti's study . . . is a major, original contribution to our understanding of the formation and impact of the Edwardsean tradition. "Stephen J. Stein, Indiana University

288 pp. , 2224-8 $29.95 cl

4535-3 $13.95 pa

Beyond a Christian Commonwealth
The Protestant Quarrel with the American Republic, 1830-1860
by Mark Y. Hanley

"[A] landmark work. . . . The book restores transcendent religion to center stage in its reconstruction of everyday religiosity in the early Republic. It is the most novel and compelling interpretation that I have read in years."Harry S. Stout, Yale University

222 pp., 2121-7 $37.50 cl