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Title: The American Religion: The Emergence of the Post-Christian Nation

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Hardcover, 1992

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Language:        English

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Weight:        0.6 Pounds
Height:         8.5 Inches
Width:          5.5 Inches
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In this strikingly bold and original work, Harold Bloom extends his investigation of the religious imagination to produce a brilliant examination of America's national soul. We think we are a Christian nation, but we are not, says Bloom, who identifies the American religion as a variation on Gnosticism. We are Americanized Gnostics, believers in a pre-Christian tradition of individual divinity. Americans believe that God knows and loves them in a personal way, and that something inside them, deeper even than a soul, is already in contact with god. The American self stands outside of creation; it is older than creation, as old as God, of which it is a part. In the American religion, to be free is to be joined in solitude with God or Jesus. "No Western nation is as religion-soaked as ours," says Bloom, and he explores the varieties of religions that have grown on American soil. With perception and insight he examines Christian Science, Seventh-day Adventism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Pentecostalism, and the varieties of New Age and African-American beliefs. But he probes most deeply into the two religions that he believes will come to pervade our national life in the next century: the Mormons and the Southern Baptists. Bloom's analysis of religion in America, while certain to be controversial, will influence and perhaps shape any discussion of this subject for years to come.



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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is The American Religion: The Emergence of the Post-Christian Nation and it was written by Harold Bloom. This edition of The American Religion: The Emergence of the Post-Christian Nation is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is August 1993 and it has a suggested retail price of $12. There are pages in the book and it was published by Touchstone Books. The 10 digit ISBN is 0671867377 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780671867379. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.