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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. America is often described as a Christian nation and painted with broad strokes as a country built on Puritan beliefs, but Peter Manseau makes it clear that there is much more behind our religious history. In chronological sections, starting before the arrival of Columbus, One Nation, Under Gods follows the rise and fall of religions in the colonies and United States. While some stories, like those of Anne Hutchinson and the Salem Witch Trials, are familiar others are more surprising. Manseau charts the use of Yiddish code in the Revolutionary War, the popularity of Hinduism among progressive thinkers in the late 19th century and the role of Sikh soldiers in World War I. While it lacks the narrative thread many readers like to see in nonfiction, One Nation, Under Gods will be a fascinating read for history and religion buffs alike. During this time in our history, this is a great overview of US and the many religions we have. Beginning with the Spanish and ending with President's words 2008 our history and religions are covered by major decade. Helpful to those trying to learn more of the history of the US as well as if we are really a Christian nation or one with many and sometimes extreme beliefs. A city on the hill is a constant link throughout the book. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
A groundbreaking new look at the story of America. At the heart of the nation's spiritual history are audacious and often violent scenes. But the Puritans and the shining city on the hill give us just one way to understand the United States. Rather than recite American history from a Christian vantage point, Peter Manseau proves that what really happened is worth a close, fresh look. Thomas Jefferson himself collected books on all religions and required that the brand new Library of Congress take his books, since Americans needed to consider the "twenty gods or no god" he famously noted were revered by his neighbors. Looking at the Americans who believed in these gods, Manseau fills in America's story of itself, from the persecuted "witches" at Salem and who they really were, to the persecuted Buddhists in WWII California, from spirituality and cults in the '60s to the recent presidential election where both candidates were for the first time non-traditional Christians. One Nation, Under Gods shows how much more there is to the history we tell ourselves, right back to the country's earliest days. Dazzling in its scope and sweep, it is an American history unlike any you've read. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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While his prose is clear, I did not find it engaging. Overall,I felt that it is a book looking for a market among home schoolers, telling the cloistered children that other groups outside of their own narrow fundamentalisms have faced hostility from the public, and have gradually been accepted in their social milieu. All in all it aroused a level of hostility in myself that I found surprising. Perhaps it was the co-option of the term history for so slight a production.
I wish Mr. Manseau more luck in his next endeavour. ( )