Books on History of Religion?

Justin Schwartz jschwart at freenet.columbus.oh.us
Tue Jun 2 10:57:04 PDT 1998


On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Katha Pollitt wrote:


> I'd get a lot out of a history of religion in America also. What I know
> is just picked up from my general reading, which I tend to remember
> because I am obsessed.
> Any suggestions? On Catholicism I like "Eunuchs for the Kingdom of
> Heaven" by Uta Ranke-Heinemann, which is about the Church and its views
> of women and sexuality across history, but it's not about the US
> specifically.

Gary Wills has a book on religion in US politics I rather liked, called, I think, Under God, or something like that. Wills is as usual sensible and informed. I should say I knwo little about organized religion. --jks



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