Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTORY; PART TWO: SYNTHESIS; PART THREE: EVANGELIZATION; PART FOUR: AMERICANIZATION; PART FIVE: CRISIS

Reviews

... an authoritative, compelling case for the historical mingling of secular discourses about freedom, choice, and human agency with religious language about sin, salvation, and virtue ... the precision and depth of the argumentation frequently inspire mental applause. America's God is an impressive book ... This is 'top down' religious history on a grand scale and this re-interpretation of a crucial period on the nation's past will be the reference point for future historians. Themelios America's God is essential reading for anyone interested in American history, politics and religion. Contained within its wealth of learning are important clues and insights into the outlook and culture of contemporary America. Themelios ... a wide-ranging and dazzling study of the beliefs that shaped America from the colonial era to the 1861-65 Civil War. The book makes a fine case for the impact of religious ideas on public life, and is equally good in showing how those ideas were shaped by revolution, republican politics, slavery and civil war. A work of great distinction. Richard Carwardine, Oxford University, BBC History Magazine, Books of the Year This is a sweeping, magisterial work that cannot be ignored. As a history of American theological thought, America's God is not likely to be bettered for some time to come, and it will commend itself to historians and theologians alike. Times Higher Education Supplement No one can understand America without understanding the role of the churches. In future no one will be able to understand the history of Christianity in America without reading this monumental study. Church of England Newspaper Magisterial history of theology in its political and philosophical setting ... Noll's learned, profound and insightful study shows better than any other work how the public morality of the USA was forged. Church Times Noll belongs to a talented group of historians who have transformed our understanding of American evangelicalism ... Among Noll's many great strengths (all on display in this immense work) is his comparative method, based on wide learning in Protestant sources worldwide. Times Literary Supplement ...this is an absolutely terrific book. It is sweeping, insightful, provocative, and solidly based on omnivorous reading. Academics often speak glibly of a 'contribution to scholarship'. This is a 'contribution' of staggering proportion. Journal of the American Academy of Religion