Stephen J. Stein received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1970 and subsequently taught in Indiana University's Department of Religious Studies for 35 years. He has received numerous grants and fellowships, including two from the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 1994, he served as the President of the American Society of Church History. In 1995, Stein received the Tracy M. Sonneborn Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research at Indiana University. He edited three volumes in The Works of Jonathan Edwards. He also edited The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Edwards. Stein's volume, The Shaker Experience in America: A History of the United Society of Believers, was awarded the Philip Schaff Prize by the American Society of Church History in 1994. He is a historical advisor on The Joseph Smith Papers and a co-editor of the journal Religion and American Culture.

• Part I. Background on Religious Traditions – pre-1500s; Part II. Religions in the Post-Columbian New World – 1500–1680s; Part III. Religious Patterns in Colonial America – 1680s–1730s; Part IV. Religious Diversity in British America – 1730s–1790; Part V. American Religions in the Eighteenth-Century International Context; Part VI. Thematic Essays; Part I. Religion in North America; Part II. Religions in the New Nation, 1790–1865; Part III. Changing Religious Realities; Part IV. Religious Responses to Modern Life and Thought; Part V. Comparative Essays; Part VI. Religion and Other Diverse Areas; Part I. The Postwar Religious World, 1945 and Following; Part II. Controversial Issues in Transitional Times; Part III. The World's Religions in America; Part IV. Religious and Cultural Conflict in America; Part V. New and Continuing Religious Realities in America; Part VI. Concluding Essays.

Stephen J. Stein received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1970 and subsequently taught in Indiana University's Department of Religious Studies for 35 years. He has received numerous grants and fellowships, including two from the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 1994, he served as the President of the American Society of Church History. In 1995, Stein received the Tracy M. Sonneborn Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research at Indiana University. He edited three volumes in The Works of Jonathan Edwards. He also edited The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Edwards. Stein's volume, The Shaker Experience in America: A History of the United Society of Believers, was awarded the Philip Schaff Prize by the American Society of Church History in 1994. He is a historical advisor on The Joseph Smith Papers and a co-editor of the journal Religion and American Culture.

• Part I. Background on Religious Traditions – pre-1500s; Part II. Religions in the Post-Columbian New World – 1500–1680s; Part III. Religious Patterns in Colonial America – 1680s–1730s; Part IV. Religious Diversity in British America – 1730s–1790; Part V. American Religions in the Eighteenth-Century International Context; Part VI. Thematic Essays; Part I. Religion in North America; Part II. Religions in the New Nation, 1790–1865; Part III. Changing Religious Realities; Part IV. Religious Responses to Modern Life and Thought; Part V. Comparative Essays; Part VI. Religion and Other Diverse Areas; Part I. The Postwar Religious World, 1945 and Following; Part II. Controversial Issues in Transitional Times; Part III. The World's Religions in America; Part IV. Religious and Cultural Conflict in America; Part V. New and Continuing Religious Realities in America; Part VI. Concluding Essays.

Stephen J. Stein received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1970 and subsequently taught in Indiana University's Department of Religious Studies for 35 years. He has received numerous grants and fellowships, including two from the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 1994, he served as the President of the American Society of Church History. In 1995, Stein received the Tracy M. Sonneborn Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research at Indiana University. He edited three volumes in The Works of Jonathan Edwards. He also edited The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Edwards. Stein's volume, The Shaker Experience in America: A History of the United Society of Believers, was awarded the Philip Schaff Prize by the American Society of Church History in 1994. He is a historical advisor on The Joseph Smith Papers and a co-editor of the journal Religion and American Culture.

• Part I. Background on Religious Traditions – pre-1500s; Part II. Religions in the Post-Columbian New World – 1500–1680s; Part III. Religious Patterns in Colonial America – 1680s–1730s; Part IV. Religious Diversity in British America – 1730s–1790; Part V. American Religions in the Eighteenth-Century International Context; Part VI. Thematic Essays; Part I. Religion in North America; Part II. Religions in the New Nation, 1790–1865; Part III. Changing Religious Realities; Part IV. Religious Responses to Modern Life and Thought; Part V. Comparative Essays; Part VI. Religion and Other Diverse Areas; Part I. The Postwar Religious World, 1945 and Following; Part II. Controversial Issues in Transitional Times; Part III. The World's Religions in America; Part IV. Religious and Cultural Conflict in America; Part V. New and Continuing Religious Realities in America; Part VI. Concluding Essays.