World Religions in America

by Jacob Neusner (Editor)

The fourth edition of World Religions in America continues its lauded tradition of providing students with reliable and nuanced information about America's religious diversity, while also reflecting new developments and ideas. Each chapter was updated to reflect important changes and events, and current statistics and information. New features include a timeline of key events and people for each tradition, sidebars on major movements or controversies, personal stories from members of various faiths, a theme-based organization of subjects, more subheads, three new chapters exploring America's increasing religious diversity, and suggestions for further study.

Genres: Religion, School, Nonfiction, Textbooks

463 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Neusner was educated at Harvard University, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (where he received rabbinic ordination), the University of Oxford, and Columbia University.

Neusner is often celebrated as one of the most published authors in history (he has written or edited more than 950 books.)Since 1994, he taught at Bard College. He also taught at Columbia University, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Brandeis University, Dartmouth College, Brown University, and the University of South Florida.

Neusner was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He is the only scholar to have served on both the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. He also received scores of academic awards, honorific and otherwise.

Reviews

[Margali Ea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Admittedly my father wrote this book, so go ahead and disregard my review if you like. The information is really illuminating, and dusts away any misconceptions you might have about oft referred to religions, such as Scientiology and Christian Science.

[Marlene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good basic text.

[Shawn Dougherty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clear concise unbiased information on different religious organizations.

[Jo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This review is about the 4th Edition of the book. This well-written book is the only one you need to get a solid, broad education on the various faith traditions of the majority of Americans. I was particularly interested in Chapter 20, “Religion and Women in America” written by Eleanor J. Stebner. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about religious traditions in the United States.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my textbook for my world religions class and it was easy to read and follow. Each religion was written on by an expert of that religion and the study questions at the end of each chapter were helpful. I usually don't keep textbooks, but I think I'm going to keep this one.

[David Horney · Rating 4 out of 5]

read for school

[Maggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very in-depth for the amount of space dedicated to each religion, this book was a fulfilling read and one I'll keep on the shelf after the class is over.