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Religion in America since 1945: A History
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Religion in America Since 1945: A History. By Patrick Allitt. [Columbia Histories of Modern American Life.] (New York: Columbia University Press. 2004. Pp. xviii, 313. $30.00.)
Any writer who has attempted to track a subject through a long stretch of time appreciates how difficult it is to balance the requirement of inclusiveness with a consistent elaboration of central themes. Patrick Allitt in his confident survey of American religion since World War II succeeds in this task far better than most and has produced a volume of immense value to university students, general readers, and scholars needing a reliable reference source.
Allitt begins with some important paradoxes. …
