Religion in America

Scopes Trial Homepage:  includes some excerpts from the trial Scopes "Monkey" Trial:  The landmark case of teaching evolution in public schools
The American Religious Experience:  high quality resource from West Virginia University Harvard Pluralism Project Homepage
The Religious Movements Page - excellent!  Concise, precise treatment of hundreds of religious groups in the U.S.--their history, numbers, beliefs, practices, major figures, etc. Raymond J. Jirran, Western Civilization:  From Adam to Atom (2000) -- notes from a two-semester course. The unifying theme is that truth is designed to determine politics, rather than that politics is designed to determine truth.
Bartleby.com:  Great Books Online The American Colonist's Library:  Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History
The Material History of American Religion Project Ad Hoc:  Resources for Teaching and Research relating to the History of Christianity
Russell Conwell's "Acres of Diamonds" sermon of the gospel of wealth  

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