Being Religious, American Style: A History of Popular Religiosity in the United States

by Charles H. Lippy

Book Overview

Popular religion rarely expresses itself in the artifacts of high culture. In this book, Lippy approaches the study of popular religion by asking how ordinary people have gone about the process of being religious in America. Along the way, he examines popular religious periodicals, newspapers, novels, diaries, devotional materials, hymnals, promotional materials for revivals and camp meetings, religious tracts, as well as vernacular art and architecture,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027594901X
• ISBN13: 9780275949013
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"