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==Colonial Era==
==Colonial Era==
===Arrivals from Europe===
===Arrivals from Europe===
See [[Quakers]]
===First Great Awakening===
===First Great Awakening===
see [[First Great Awakening]]
see [[First Great Awakening]]
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* [[Fourth Great Awakening]]
* [[Fourth Great Awakening]]
* [[The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism (book by Robert William Fogel)]]


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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* Hatch, Nathan O. ''The Democratization of American Christianity'' (1989). [http://www.amazon.com/Democratization-American-Christianity-Nathan-Hatch/dp/0300050607/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197270300&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Hatch, Nathan O. ''The Democratization of American Christianity'' (1989). [http://www.amazon.com/Democratization-American-Christianity-Nathan-Hatch/dp/0300050607/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197270300&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Isaac,  Rhys. ''The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790'' (1982), emphasis on Baptists [http://www.amazon.com/Transformation-1740-1790-Published-Omohundro-Williamsburg/dp/080784814X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197270251&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Isaac,  Rhys. ''The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790'' (1982), emphasis on Baptists [http://www.amazon.com/Transformation-1740-1790-Published-Omohundro-Williamsburg/dp/080784814X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197270251&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* McLoughlin, William G. ''Revivals, Awakenings, and Reform: An Essay on Religion and Social Change in America, 1607-1977'' (1978) [ http://www.amazon.com/Revivals-Awakenings-Chicago-American-Religion/dp/0226560929/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197270192&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search].
* McLoughlin, William G. ''Revivals, Awakenings, and Reform: An Essay on Religion and Social Change in America, 1607-1977'' (1978) [http://www.amazon.com/Revivals-Awakenings-Chicago-American-Religion/dp/0226560929/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197270192&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search].
* Mouw, Richard J., and Mark A. Noll. ''Wonderful Words of Life: Hymns in American Protestant History and Theology,'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-Words-Life-American-Protestant/dp/080282160X/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197270300&sr=8-7 excerpt and text search]
* Mouw, Richard J., and Mark A. Noll. ''Wonderful Words of Life: Hymns in American Protestant History and Theology,'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-Words-Life-American-Protestant/dp/080282160X/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197270300&sr=8-7 excerpt and text search]
* Noll, Mark A. ''American Evangelical Christianity: An Introduction'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/American-Evangelical-Christianity-Mark-Noll/dp/0631220003/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197270300&sr=8-8 excerpt and text search]  
* Noll, Mark A. ''American Evangelical Christianity: An Introduction'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/American-Evangelical-Christianity-Mark-Noll/dp/0631220003/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197270300&sr=8-8 excerpt and text search]  
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The History of Religion in the U.S. is a complex story involving churches from Europe and Asia, as well as churches created in the U.S.

Colonial Era

Arrivals from Europe

See Quakers

First Great Awakening

see First Great Awakening

Early National

see Second Great Awakening

Frontier denominations created

Mormons

1850-1920

see Third Great Awakening

Distribution of Catholics, 1850
Distribution of Methodists, 1850
Distribution of Lutherans, 1850
Distribution of Episcopalians, 1850
Distribution of Congregationalists, 1850
Distribution of Presbyterians, 1850

1920-1960

1960-present

see

Bibliography

  • Ahlstrom, Sydney E. A Religious History of the American People (1972) the standard history
  • Brekus, Catherine A. Strangers & Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845 U of North Carolina Press, 1998 online edition
  • Bonomi, Patricia U. Under the Cope of Heaven: Religion, Society, and Politics in Colonial America Oxford University Press, 1988 online edition
  • Butler, Jon. Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American People. 1990.
  • Hatch, Nathan O. The Democratization of American Christianity (1989). excerpt and text search
  • Isaac, Rhys. The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790 (1982), emphasis on Baptists excerpt and text search
  • McLoughlin, William G. Revivals, Awakenings, and Reform: An Essay on Religion and Social Change in America, 1607-1977 (1978) excerpt and text search.
  • Mouw, Richard J., and Mark A. Noll. Wonderful Words of Life: Hymns in American Protestant History and Theology, (2004) excerpt and text search
  • Noll, Mark A. American Evangelical Christianity: An Introduction (2000) excerpt and text search
  • Tweed, Thomas, ed. Retelling U.S. Religious History, (1997) complete text online free
  • Wigger, John H.. and Nathan O. Hatch. Methodism and the Shaping of American Culture. (2001) excerpt and text search


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