Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface to the Second Edition
1. A New Approach to American Religious History
2. The Colonial Era Revisited
3. The Upstart Sects Win America, 1776-1850
4. The Coming of the Catholics, 1850-1926
5. Methodists Transformed, Baptists Triumphant
6. Why Unification Efforts Fail
7. Why "Mainline" Denominations Decline
Appendix: Profile Tables, 1776 and 1850
Notes
Reference List
Index

About the Author

Roger Finke is a professor of sociology and religious studies at the Pennsylvania State University and serves as the director of the American Religion Data Archive.

Rodney Stark was for many years professor of sociology and comparative religion at the University of Washington. In 2004 he became University Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University.