Understanding and Teaching Religion in US History

Karen J. Johnson, an associate professor and chair of history at Wheaton College, is the author of One in Christ: Chicago Catholics and the Quest for Interracial Justice.Jonathan M. Yeager is the LeRoy A. Martin Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is the author of Jonathan Edwards and Transatlantic Print Culture, named Book of the Year by the Jonathan Edwards Center at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Religion Matters in Teaching US History - Karen J. Johnson and Jonathan M. YeagerPart One: Frameworks for Teaching Religion in American HistoryTeaching American Religious History Academically - Thomas S. KiddAdding Religion to Themes You Already Teach: Religion as a Component of Diversity in America - Kevin M. SchultzTalking about Religion and Race in the Classroom - Karen J. JohnsonAfrican American Religious Experiences and Narratives of American History - Paul HarveyReligion in American Women’s History - Andrea L. TurpinTeaching Native American Religious Experiences and Narratives in the Classroom - Melissa Franklin HarkriderTeaching American Islam in the American History Classroom - Jaclyn A. MichaelAsian Religious Influences in American Life - Elijah SieglerTeaching American Judaism - Jonathan B. KrasnerPart Two: Teaching Religion in American History in Specific PeriodsPolitical Reform and Devotional Culture in Early New England - Adrian WeimerTeaching the First Great Awakening - John Howard SmithWas America Founded as a Christian Nation? - John FeaThe Constitution and Religion in the Early Republic - Daniel L. DreisbachReligion and Westward Expansion - John G. TurnerThe Bible and Slavery before the Civil War - Mark NollWhat Connections Were There between Imperialism and Missionary Activity? - Kimberly HillAmerican Religion during the Industrial Crisis of the Gilded Age - Heath CarterThe Prosperity Gospel in US History and Culture - Phillip Luke SinitiereThe Effects of the Fundamentalist Modernist Split - George MarsdenHow Did the Depression Change the Relationship between Church and State? - Alison Collis GreeneReligion during World War II and the Cold War - Matthew Avery SuttonTeaching Religion in the Civil Rights Movement - J. Russell HawkinsTeaching the Rise of the Religious Right in the Age of Culture Wars - Darren DochukContributorsIndex

“An important contribution. Engagingly written and effectively organized, Understanding and Teaching Religion in US History provides especially useful frameworks for educators seeking ways to thoughtfully integrate religion throughout US survey courses.” - William S. Cossen, Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology“A terrific combination of teaching pedagogy and pragmatic ideas of how to incorporate American religious history in the classroom. I wish this book existed when I first started teaching. Highly recommended!” - Evan Jasper, Wheaton Academy