The American Religion
305 pages
|Published: 1 Jan 1992
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ISBN: 9780978721008
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Chu Hartley Publishers LLC
Publication date: 1 October 2006
Description
In this fascinating work of religious criticism, Harold Bloom examines a number of American-born faiths: Pentecostalism, Mormonism, Seventh-day Adventism, Christian Science, Jehovah's Witnesses, Southern Baptism and Fundamentalism, and African-American spirituality. He traces the distinctive features of American religion while asking provocative questions about the role religion plays in American culture and in each American's concept of his or her relationship to God. Bloom finds that our spiritual beliefs provide an exact portrait of our national character.