American Examples
New Conversations About Religion, Volume Three

Michael J. Altman (Edited by), Erik Kline (Edited by), Dana Lloyd (Edited by), Cody Musselman (Edited by), Michael J. Altman (Preface by), Erik Kline (Introduction by), Dana Lloyd (Introduction by), Cody Musselman (Introduction by), Michael Baysa (Contributions by), Christopher M. Bishop (Contributions by), Jaimie D. Crumley (Contributions by), Chelsea Ebin (Contributions by), Lauren Horn Griffin (Contributions by), Hinasahar Muneeruddin (Contributions by), Alexander Rocklin (Contributions by), Sean Sidky (Contributions by), Joshua D. Urich (Contributions by), Lucas F. Wilson (Contributions by)

9780817361273, The University of Alabama Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 January 2024

268 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.272 kg

American Examples seeks nothing less than to shake the founding assumptions of American religious history. What happens, these contributors ask, if we approach our archives not with the question of how they fit into a broader historical narrative but ask instead: what does this tell us about 'religion' or 'America'? What does the field look like if we foreground the religious studies focus of J. Z. Smith rather than the normative assumptions of narrative history? This volume offers a timely, provocative contribution to the field and will be sure to inspire debate!" - Anthony Petro, author of After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion

American Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume Three, is the third in a series of annual anthologies produced by the American Examples workshop hosted by the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. In the latest volume from this innovative academic project, ten topically and methodologically diverse scholars vividly reimagine the meaning and applications of American religious history. These ten chapters use case studies from America, broadly conceived, to ask trenchant theoretical questions that are of interest to scholars and students within and beyond the subfield of American religious history.