This classic work, winner of the 1973 National Book Award in Philosophy and Religion and "Christian Century's "choice "as the Religious Book of the Decade (1979), is now issued with a new chapter by noted religious historian David Hall, who carries the story of American religious history forward to the present day.

Praise for the earlier edition:

"An unusual and praiseworthy book. . . . It takes a modern, almost anthropological view of history, in which worship is a part of a web of culture along with play, love, dress, and language."--B.A. Weisberger, "Washington Post Book World "

"The most detailed, most polished of the works in its tradition."--Martin E. Marty, "New York Times Book Review "

"An intellectual delight that one does not so much read as savor."--"America"

"The definitive one-volume study by the leading authority."--"Christianity Today"

"No one writing or thinking hereafter about America's past will be able to ignore Ahlstrom's magisterial account of the religious element."--"American Historical Review "