Memoirs of the spirit : American religious autobiography from Jonathan Edwards to Maya Angelou

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Memoirs of the spirit : American religious autobiography from Jonathan Edwards to Maya Angelou

edited by Edwin S. Gaustad

W.B. Eerdmans, 2001

Paperback ed.

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Includes bibliographical references

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This anthology displays the tapestry of religious experience in America during the past three centuries. Compiled and edited by a foremost historian of American religion, these twenty-six spiritual autobiographies, ordered chronologically, uniquely capture the nation's soul in the words of the people who helped shape it. "Featuring a full-page portrait of most of the writers included in the volume as well as insightful introductory comments by Edwin Gaustad, Memoirs of the Spirit offers an enlightening view of America's rich religious past - and suggests the multiplicity that is America's religious future.

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