Jon Butler

Gebundenes Buch

God in Gotham

The Miracle of Religion in Modern Manhattan

Beschreibung

Perhaps nothing has ever been so frightening to people of faith as à â Å the modern.à â  Pluralistic and rationalizing, modernity would seem the antithesis of traditional religious practice. But as historian Jon Butler shows, even Manhattan, the supposed capital of American secularism, has consistently proven a place steeped in devotion.

Autor

Jon Butler is Howard R. Lamar Emeritus Professor of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies at Yale University and Research Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. His books include the Los Angeles Times bestseller Becoming America and the prizewinning Awash in a Sea of Faith and The Huguenots in America. He is a past president of the Organization of American Historians.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 165mm x 242mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 652g
• ISBN-13: 9780674045682
• ISBN-10: 0674045688
• Artikelnr.: 58669794