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In this fully revised and enhanced edition of his Religion in the New World
(Fortress Press, 1990), Wentz extends and deepens his successful
account of the shaping of America's diverse religious traditions. Using
religious studies categories, such as myth, legend, symbol, and ritual,
Wentz sketches the development and flowering of all the
traditions—Native American, Reformed, Puritan, Roman Catholic,
Restorationist—that proved decisive for American religion. The book
extensively treats indigenous American figures and movements, including
women, Native Americans, and Mormons, as well as Asian, African, and
Islamic traditions. It also includes more material on Transcendentalism
and Unitarian Universalism, public religion, and contemporary American
Buddhists, Hindus, and Muslims.
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