Jon Butler is Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and Howard R. Lamar Professor of American History, Yale University.

A thorough yet succinct account of the rise of religious pluralism amidst the birth of a new nation.... Establishes a valuable foundation to examine the religious roots of the 13 original colonies.

• Introduction 1: Worlds Old and New 2: Religion in the First Colonies 3: The Flowering of Religious Diversity 4: African and American Indian Religion 5: Reviving Colonial Religion 6: Religion and the American Revolution Chronology Glossary Further Reading Index

Jon Butler is Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and Howard R. Lamar Professor of American History, Yale University.

A thorough yet succinct account of the rise of religious pluralism amidst the birth of a new nation.... Establishes a valuable foundation to examine the religious roots of the 13 original colonies.

• Introduction 1: Worlds Old and New 2: Religion in the First Colonies 3: The Flowering of Religious Diversity 4: African and American Indian Religion 5: Reviving Colonial Religion 6: Religion and the American Revolution Chronology Glossary Further Reading Index

Jon Butler is Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and Howard R. Lamar Professor of American History, Yale University.

A thorough yet succinct account of the rise of religious pluralism amidst the birth of a new nation.... Establishes a valuable foundation to examine the religious roots of the 13 original colonies.

• Introduction 1: Worlds Old and New 2: Religion in the First Colonies 3: The Flowering of Religious Diversity 4: African and American Indian Religion 5: Reviving Colonial Religion 6: Religion and the American Revolution Chronology Glossary Further Reading Index