The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion in America
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion in America
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion in America brings together state-of-the-art articles on key topics in the study of religion in America. The encyclopedia is organized around five key areas developed by leading scholars in the field: ethnicity; empire; space; religion in public life; and religious ideas. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion in America introduces readers to the multifaceted and interdisciplinary ways of studying religion in America. All of the articles appear online as part of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion.
To read The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion in America articles online, see the Religion in America section of ORE Religion. This section will continue to grow as the project expands.
Volume Editor
John Corrigan, Florida State University
Associate Editors
Christine Heyrman, University of Delaware
Tracy Leavelle, Creighton University
Edward J. Blum, San Diego State University
Phil Goff, Indiana University
Heather Curtis, Tufts University
Bret E. Carroll, California State University, Stanislaus
Topics
Ethnicity
Empire
Space
Religion in Public Life
Religious Ideas
Articles
African American Islam (Herbert Berg)
African Americans and Religion (Sylvester A. Johnson)
Agency, Voluntarism, and Predestination in American Religion (Peter J. Thuesen)
Alternative Religious Movements and Race in America (Emily Suzanne Clark)
American Foreign Mission Movement, c. 1800-1860 (Emily Conroy-Krutz)
American Foreign Mission Movement, c. 1870-1920s (Tracy Neal Leavelle)
American Narratives of Sin and Salvation (W. Clark Gilpin)
American Protestant Foreign Missions after World War II (David C. Kirkpatrick)
American Religious Empire and the Caribbean (Andrew R. McKee)
Apocalypticism in U.S. History (Matthew Avery Sutton)
Architecture, the Built Environment, and Religion in America (Peter W. Williams)
Asian American Religions (Tony Carnes)
Atheism in America (Eric Chalfant)
Bibles and Tracts in Print Culture in America (Lincoln A. Mullen)
Christian Fundamentalism in America (Margaret Bendroth)
Christianity in Hawai'i (Ronald Williams Jr.)
Civil Religion in America (Raymond Haberski Jr.)
Civil Rights Movements and Religion in America (Paul Harvey)
Class and Religion in America (William A. Mirola)
Commerce, Consumerism, and Christianity in America (Dana Logan)
Culture, Entertainment, and Religion in America (Randall J. Stephens)
Cyberspace and Religion in America (Douglas E. Cowan)
Denomination in American Public Life (Russell E. Richey)
Ecology and Religious Environmentalism in the United States (Rebecca Kneale Gould, Laurel Kearns)
Evangelism, Mission, and Crusade in American Religion (Sarah Ruble)
Feeling of Emptiness in American Religions (John Corrigan)
Film and Religion in America (Eric Michael Mazur)
Film Regulation and the Church in America (William D. Romanowski)
Freemasonry’s Sacred Space in America (Phillip Gordon Mackintosh)
Gender and Public Religion in America (Stephanie Y. Mitchem)
Healing and Religion in the United States (Brett Hendrickson)
Hinduism in America (Amanda Lucia)
Hispanics and Religion in America (Kristy Nabhan-Warren)
Ideas of the Afterlife in American Religion (Kathryn Gin Lum)
Imperialism, Mission, and Global Power Relations in East Asian Religions in the United States (Connie A. Shemo)
Interracialism and American Christianity (Phillip Luke Sinitiere)
Islam and the Middle East in the American Imagination (Brooke Sherrard)
Law, the U.S. Supreme Court, and Religion (Derek H. Davis)
Liberalism in American Religious History (Matthew S. Hedstrom)
Liberation Theologies in America (Craig L. Nessan)
Martyrdom and Religion in North America (Adrian Chastain Weimer)
Material Culture and Embodiment in American Religion (David Morgan)
Memorialization and Religion in America (Adam M. Ware)
Moderation in American Religion (Rosemary R. Corbett)
Mormonism (Patrick Q. Mason)
Mormonism and Deseret (John G. Turner)
Music and Religion in American Public Life (Jason C. Bivins)
National Elections and Religion in America (Frank Lambert)
Native American Religions (Sarah E. Dees)
Native Americans, Law, and Religion in America (Michael P. Guéno)
Nativism and Religion in America (Rodger M. Payne)
Natural Space and Religion in North America (Joseph Witt)
Nature and Religion in America (Brett Grainger)
Online Media and Religion in America (Adam Bajan, Heidi A. Campbell)
Peace Movements and Religion in the United States (Sharon Erickson Nepstad)
Place and Spirituality in the Pacific Northwest (Madeline Duntley)
Popular Culture and Religion in America (Lynn Schofield Clark, Seth M. Walker)
Primitivism in America (Matthew Bowman)
Print Media and Religion in America (Elesha J. Coffman, Timothy D. Grundmeier)
Public Art and Religion in America (Kymberly Pinder)
Race and American Judaism (Samira K. Mehta)
Race and Catholicism in American History (Justin D. Poché)
Race and Protestantism in America (Lauren Frances Turek)
Race and Religion in the United States (Ryan P. Jordan)
Race and Religion in U.S. Public Life (Khyati Y. Joshi)
Race, Class, Religion, and American Citizenship (Janine Giordano Drake)
Race, Culture, and Religion in the American South (Paul Harvey)
Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion in America (Anthony Petro)
Race, Immigration, Ethnicity, and Religion in America (Russell Jeung, Jonathan Calvillo)
Race, Sectionalism, and Religion in America (John L. Crow)
Race, the Arts, and Religion in America (Craig R. Prentiss)
Race, the Law, and Religion in America (Michael Graziano)
Religion, Anti-Catholicism, and the Mexican-American War (John C. Pinheiro)
Religion, Charity, and Philanthropy in America (David P. King)
Religion, Modernity, and Assimilation in America (Samira K. Mehta)
Religious Ceremonies in American Public Life (Joseph W. Williams)
Religious Parades and Processions in America (Rodger M. Payne)
Religious Pilgrimages in the United States (Juan E. Campo)
Revivals, Awakenings, and Conversion in American Protestantism (Kip Richardson)
Science and Religion in America (Paul J. Croce)
Secularism, Pluralism, and Publics in America (Charles McCrary)
Settler Colonialism and U.S. Home Missions (Matthew J. Smith)
Social Christianity in America (Heath W. Carter)
Social Progressivism and Religion in America (Zoe Trodd)
Space and Church-State Controversies in America (John C. Blakeman)
Space, Architecture, and American Religious Diversity (Jeanne Halgren Kilde)
Spatial Approaches to American Religious Studies (Bret E. Carroll)
Spatial Constructions of the American Secular (Chad Seales)
Spatial Politics and American Religious Pluralism (Bret E. Carroll)
Spatial Strategies of American Megachurches (Kip Richardson)
Sports and Religion in America (Arthur Remillard)
The Black Atlantic and the African Diaspora (Walter C. Rucker)
The Cold War and American Religion (Dianne Kirby)
The Eruv as Contested Jewish Space in North America (Myer Siemiatycki)
The Idea of Black Religion (Jamil W. Drake)
The Judeo-Christian and Abrahamic Traditions in America (K. Healan Gaston)
The Marketplace and Religion in America (Daniel Silliman)
The Prosperity Gospel in America (Kate Bowler)
The Religious Right in America (Michael J. McVicar)
Tourism to Sacred Places in America: A Spatial Analysis (Jeremy R. Ricketts)
U.S. Foreign Policy and Religion (Malcolm Magee)
U.S. Foreign Relations and American Religious Liberalism (Cara Lea Burnidge)
U.S. Interactions with Islam and Judaism in North Africa (Lawrence A. Peskin)
Urban Space and Religion in the United States (Katie Day)
US-Mexico Borderlands and Religion (Anne M. Martínez)
War and Religion in American History (Jonathan H. Ebel)
Workplace and Religion in America (Lake Lambert)
Zionism in America (Yaakov Ariel)
