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A new historical analysis provides an updated perspective on the history of religion in early America, following classic works in the genre. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To review and assess contemporary historical perspectives on the development of religion across the territories that became the United States.

August 29, 2026Journal of Contemporary Religion

Religion in the Lands that Became America: A New History

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To review and assess contemporary historical perspectives on the development of religion across the territories that became the United States.
Historiographical evaluation comparing modern historical scholarship against classic survey texts by Hudson, Gaustad, and other foundational scholars.
Identifies significant interpretive evolution in the study of early American religious history compared to mid-twentieth-century scholarship.
Qualitatively reassesses how broader regional, cultural, and temporal scopes reshape the narrative of North American religious development.

Implication

Historical analysis examines evolving narratives of religious traditions in early America, highlighting shifts away from classic historiographical frameworks.

Abstract

It takes both audacity and reputation to write a new book on ‘religion in American history’. Since the classics in that genre were written, such as those by Winthrop Hudson (1965), Edwin Gaustad (1...

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Rhys H. Williams (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a92997e8e5d7d1fc0c116fe https://doi.org/10.1080/13537903.2026.2711505

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Historical analysis examines evolving narratives of religious traditions in early America, highlighting shifts away from classic historiographical frameworks.

Religion in the Lands that Became America: A New History

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Religion in the Lands that Became America: A New History

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