Religion Enters the Academy: The Origins of the Scholarly Study of Religion in America

Author/Contributor(s):	Turner, James
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	12/01/2012
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Until about 1820, even learned Americans showed little interest in non-European religions--a subject that had fascinated their counterparts in Europe since the end of the seventeenth century. Fostered especially by learned Protestant ministers, this new discipline focused on canonical texts--the "bibles"--of other great world religions.