Religion and US Empire – Critical New Histories Wenger Johnson Hardback

Religion and US EmpireCritical New Histories\nAuthor(s): Tisa Wenger, Sylvester A. Johnson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479810345, 978-1479810345\nSynopsis\nShows how American forms of religion and empire developed in tandem, shaping and reshaping each other over the course of American history\n The United States has been an empire since the time of its founding, and this empire is inextricably intertwined with American religion. Religion and US Empire examines the relationship between these dynamic forces throughout the country's history and into the present. The volume will serve as the most comprehensive and definitive text on the relationship between US empire and American religion.\n Whereas other works describe religion as a force that aided or motivated American imperialism, this comprehensive new history reveals how imperialism shaped American religionand how religion historically stru.