The American Religion

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In this fascinating work of religious criticism Harold Bloom examines a number of American-born faiths: Pentecostalism Mormonism Seventh-day Adventism Christian Science Jehovahs Witnesses Southern Baptism and Fundamentalism and African American spirituality. He traces the distinctive features of American religion while asking provocative questions about the role religion plays in American culture and in each Americans concept of his or her relationship to God. Bloom finds that our spiritual beliefs provide an exact portrait of our national character.