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American Examples

New Conversations about Religion, Volume Three

Michael J Altman author Cody Musselman author Erik Kline author Dana Lloyd author Michael J Altman editor Cody Musselman editor Erik Kline editor Dana Lloyd editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The University of Alabama Press

Published:31st Jan '24

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American Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume Three, is the third in a series of annual anthologies produced by the American Examples workshop hosted by the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. In the latest volume from this innovative academic project, ten topically and methodologically diverse scholars vividly reimagine the meaning and applications of American religious history. These ten chapters use case studies from America, broadly conceived, to ask trenchant theoretical questions that are of interest to scholars and students within and beyond the subfield of American religious history.

American Examples seeks nothing less than to shake the founding assumptions of American religious history. What happens, these contributors ask, if we approach our archives not with the question of how they fit into a broader historical narrative but ask instead: what does this tell us about 'religion' or 'America'? What does the field look like if we foreground the religious studies focus of J. Z. Smith rather than the normative assumptions of narrative history? This volume offers a timely, provocative contribution to the field and will be sure to inspire debate!" - Anthony Petro, author of After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion

ISBN: 9780817361273

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 272g

268 pages