Religion and American culture Book

The essays collected here are a phenomenal sampling of some of the best, most interesting, and most valuable scholarship in religion in the past several decades. That each essay is entertaining and eminently readable says a lot about the selection process and the quality of the scholarship itself. While this is certainly not a volume that gives you a great deal of depth in the contemporary study of religion, the breadth represented is admirable and, honestly, kind of incredible. As a starting point for digging deep into ongoing areas of research, or to seeing the way that religious studies scholarship has developed and matters, this is an indispensable volume. There are a few chapters or areas that are a bit long or dry, but for the most part this collection is remarkable and engaging through and through.