{"product_id":"9780060630560","title":"Religious History of America: The Heart of the American Story from Colonial Times to Today","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this landmark work, award-winning Princeton historian Leigh Schmidt teams up with eminent American religious history scholar Edwin Gaustad to produce a fully revised, updated, and expanded version of a modern classic. First published in 1966, \u003ci\u003eThe Religious History of America\u003c\/i\u003e made the religious dimensions of our common history readily accessible to a generation of readers. This edition remains true to the literary grace of earlier editions as it expands its scope, increasing the emphasis on pluralism, religious practices, and spiritual seeking, as well as the direct connection of religion to social and political struggle. The authors have updated the structure of the text, replacing the five distinct ages of Gaustad's previous editions with a more explicit emphasis on specific historical markers, carrying the multifaceted story of religion in the United States into the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtensively illustrated, and with a new emphasis on African-American and Native American religious life, Eastern religions, and the recent boom in spirituality, this new edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Religious History of America\u003c\/i\u003e is the master telling of the heart and soul of the American story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: Edwin S. Gaustad is a professor of history at the University of California, Riverside. He is a noted church historian and the author of over a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Great Awakening in New England, Dissent in American Religion,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e A Religious History of America.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47065242206448,"sku":"9780060630560","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060630560_p0.jpg?v=1763619055","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060630560","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}