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One Nation, Under Gods: A New American History

One Nation, Under Gods: A New American History

Manseau, Peter

Paperback

Religion General General United States History

ISBN10: 0316100013
ISBN13: 9780316100014
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: Feb 23 2016
Pages: 480
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.40 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A groundbreaking new look at the story of America.

At the heart of the nation's spiritual history are audacious and often violent scenes. But the Puritans and the shining city on the hill give us just one way to understand the United States. Rather than recite American history from a Christian vantage point, Peter Manseau proves that what really happened is worth a close, fresh look.

Thomas Jefferson himself collected books on all religions and required that the brand new Library of Congress take his books, since Americans needed to consider the twenty gods or no god he famously noted were revered by his neighbors.

Looking at the Americans who believed in these gods, Manseau fills in America's story of itself, from the persecuted witches at Salem and who they really were, to the persecuted Buddhists in WWII California, from spirituality and cults in the '60s to the recent presidential election where both candidates were for the first time non-traditional Christians. One Nation, Under Gods shows how much more there is to the history we tell ourselves, right back to the country's earliest days. Dazzling in its scope and sweep, it is an American history unlike any you've read.

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