Religion and Society in the American West: Historical Essays - Tapa blanda

...the specific content in the essays makes the book valuable....these essays provide an excellent foundation for further inquiry into religion and the Far West. * Western Historical Quarterly * These twenty brief papers are interesting....the editors have done their work so well, combining diverse topics and styles into a generally pleasing volume....The index is extensive enough for the sort of useful reference work this book will surely become. * The Catholic Historical Review * All the articles are worth reading and several are excellent....This is a well-conceived book. It should be essential for all libraries interested in Western Americana. * CHOICE * ...provides an excellent introduction to the literature on religion in the western United States with extensive references. * Religious Studies Review * ...provides an excellent introduction to the literature on religion in the western United States with extensive references. * Religious Studies Review * ...the specific content in the essays makes the book valuable....these essays provide an excellent foundation for further inquiry into religion and the Far West. * Western Historical Quarterly * These twenty brief papers are interesting....the editors have done their work so well, combining diverse topics and styles into a generally pleasing volume....The index is extensive enough for the sort of useful reference work this book will surely become. * The Catholic Historical Review * All the articles are worth reading and several are excellent....This is a well-conceived book. It should be essential for all libraries interested in Western Americana. * CHOICE *

Except for the Mormons and the Spanish missions, the religious dimension in the history of the American West has been sadly neglected. This collection of 20 scholarly essays) all but three published here for the first time) virtually opens up the field of religion in the West.