Introduction to the background and character of diverse religions and sects in America examines the impact of their beliefs on the formation of American society, values and politics. Covers themes and problems in American religious movements with their European roots; denominational heritages of Catholics, Protestants and Jews; the African-American church. Also explores lines of development from the Great Awakening, frontier revivalism and utopianism through fundamentalism and the social gospel. HWC, CC, CD