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Bloom, Harold. The American Religion: The Emergence of the Post-Christian Nation. Simon & Schuster, 1992. Bloom journeys through the soul of America to find out what Americans really believe.

Finke, Roger, and Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy. Rutgers University Press, 1992. Challenges popular conceptions about American religion using the metaphor of religion as free-market economy in which churches compete for members.

Glazer, Nathan. American Judaism. University of Chicago Press, 1990. How American Judaism has moved away from its traditional liberalism and is trying to come to grips with divisiveness within the Judaic community.

Hall, Douglas John. Confessing the Faith: Christian Theology in a North American Context. Fortress, 1996. Rethinking the foundational doctrines of Christian theology in light of North American history and culture.

Heyrman, Christine Leigh. Southern Cross: The Beginnings of the Bible Belt. Knopf, 1997. Details the rise of Christian conservatism in the South.

Marsden, George M. Fundamentalism and American Culture. Oxford University Press, 1982. A comprehensive and insightful history of Fundamentalism in America.

Warner, Michael, ed. American Sermons: The Pilgrims to Martin Luther King Jr. Library of America, 1999. Drawing from all religious cultures, this volume comprises literary and historical masterpieces that reflect the collective soul of America throughout its history.

Wells, David F., ed. Reformed Theology in America: A History of Its Modern Development. Baker, 1997. Surveys the differing strands of American reformed thought.

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