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The Second Great Awakening exercised a profound impact on American religious history. By 1859 evangelicalism emerged as a kind of national church or national religion and was the grand absorbing theme of American religious life. The greatest gains were made by the very well organized Methodists.
[13] [25] What Hath God Wrought portrays religion as a force in its own right, "a vibrant element of culture that shapes how people see the world", and the narration tends to be sympathetic toward religious people and their experiences.
[26] [192] [193] Social class, generally described as a combination of educational attainment, income and occupational prestige, is one of the greatest cultural influences in America. [26] Nearly all cultural aspects of mundane interactions and consumer behavior in the U.S. are guided by a person's location within the country's social structure.
Dell deChant for Nova Religio called the book "uniquely valuable to [scholarly] understanding of religion in America, and the field of religious studies as a whole", and he believed that the work distinguished Catherine L. Albanese as "one of today's major American religious historians". [1] W.
A Religious History of the American People (1st edition 1972, 2nd edition 2004) is a book by Sydney E. Ahlstrom and published by Yale University Press. [1] The first edition was 1,158 pages in length, the second 1,192.
Developments in the culture of the United States in modern history have often been followed by similar changes in the rest of the world (American cultural imperialism). This includes knowledge, customs, and arts of Americans, as well as events in the social, cultural, and political spheres.
Religion has been a major influence on art, culture, philosophy and law of the continent. Between them, the United States, Mexico and Canada account for 85 percent of the population of North America. Religion in each of these countries is dominated by Christianity (77.4), [2] [3] making it the largest religious group in North America.
According to the American Religious Identification Survey, religious belief varies considerably across the country: 59% of Americans living in Western states report a belief in God, yet in the South (the "Bible Belt") the figure is as high as 86%. [5] [6]