Excerpt from Religion in America: Past and PresentHistory, we are told, is the recreation of the past for the enrich t of the present. It is fashioned out of the warp and woof of human erience; and into its rich tapestry are interwoven the strands of hope fear, of dream and disillusion, revealing our kinship with past genera 5. When men have pondered deeply the meaning of existence, they e invariably sought fellowship with a power greater than their own ich might inform and guide them through the fluctuating currents of poral incertitude. In this way religion has joined the interplay of ces which affect the cultural process. Historically, it has given evidence its potency in a host of societies, not the least of which has been the atively young and burgeoning entity known as the United States. It is [12 complex and diversified phenomenon known as American religion th which this book purposes to deal.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.