While some of you reprobates were out testing the new micro-beer selections on the 4th of July, some of us were putting our long personal nightmare (a book manuscript) finally to post and ready to be shipped out for its deployment -- at long last! (I tested out a new bottle of Old Raj gin, the best bottle of alcohol God ever invented, at the end of all this, so I'll have to join the reprobate category).
Our contributor John Fea was finishing up his book Was America Founded as a Christian Nation: A Historical Introduction; and yes, John, finishing is a good feeling. Click on the link for a preview of the book and table of contents. Sounds like the publisher is going to get it out pretty promptly -- Feb. 2011.
On the home front, Randall, Ed Blum, and myself have been working on The Columbia Guide to Religion in American History for the last few years, and some of that has been, in the words of gospel great Thomas Dorsey, through the storm and through the night. I thought we'd be done with this a couple of years ago, but, you know, stuff happens. Anyway, the weekend was spent finishing up most of the last few details on the ms and ready to ship out pretty soon. Here's a preview below -- don't start camping out at the bookstore just yet, as it will be a good while before it gets from final manuscript to actual book, but several of our blog contributors are involved in this project, and others of you have asked me about it from time to time, so here's what it's going to look like once the priceless gem is in your hands (or, more likely, on the library reference shelf, as these Columbia Guide books can get a little expensive!).
As you can see, we've got a nice list of contributors who have written excellent essays on time periods, movements, traditions, and themes in American religious history. The volume also has an extensive A - Z glossary of American religious history and a bibliography which includes books, articles, CDs, DVDs, films, and online resources.
Here's a preview for you.
Columbia Guide to Religion in American History
Edited by Paul Harvey and Edward J. Blum
Bibliographic Editor Randall Stephens
Table of Contents
Preface 1-8
Paul Harvey and Edward J. Blum
Introduction 9 - 80
Paul Harvey and Edward J. Blum
Colonial Encounters r 81 - 107
Linford Fisher
Native American Religions 108 - 135
Suzanne Crawford
Civil Religion and National Identity 136 - 156
Andrew Manis
Theology 157 - 179
Mark Noll
Evangelicals in American History 180- 198
Douglas Sweeney
Religion and Politics 199 - 222
Jason Bivins
Religion and the Law 223 - 24
Frank Ravitch
Religion, War, and Peace 245 - 271
Ira Chernus
Anthony Michael Petro
Religion, Race, and African American Life 298 - 328
Edward J. Blum
Roberto Trevino
Asian American Religion 351 - 365
Timothy Tseng
Stephen Stein
Lynn Ross-Bryant
Philip Goff
Margaret Bendroth
Leslie Woodcock Tentler
Alan Levenson
D. Michael Quinn
Islam in America 490 - 509
Jane Smith
A-Z Glossary 510 - 572
Major Surveys, Textbooks, and Reference Guides 573 - 576
Bibliographies by Chapter Titles 577 - 634
Filmography 635 - 641
Discography 642 - 649
Electronic Resources 650 - 658
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