Description:
Wills places the history of Christianity in the United States in the larger context of the globalization of the Christian religion with broad interpretation
Brief description:
David W. Wills is the Winthrop H. Smith '16 Professor of American History and American Studies, and teaches in the departments of religion and black studies at Amherst College.
Review Quotes:
"David Wills's seventy-nine and one-half page offering. . . moves over the terrain of American Christianity deftly, elegantly, and remarkably comprehensively. From title and preface through to a useful concluding section on membership statistics, this book underpromises and over delivers. . . . Like many who teach in the field of American religious history, I have struggled to find a book to use in introductory courses. I have looked for a book that is accessible to those with no background in the field, that balances detail with attention to broad trends, and that challenges students' assumptions--both well and ill informed--about the religious past and present of the United States. David Wills's Christianity in the United States does these things better than most. It is carefully written, nuances narrative, and it will fit neatly into your back pocket." --Jonathan Ebel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, The Journal of Religion