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Reviewed on December 1, 2015 | Social Sciences
With yet another presidential election just around the corner, America's culture wars are in full swing. Prothero (religion, Boston Univ.; God Is Not One; Religious Literacy) offers a timely social history that illustrates that the current conflicts are actually part of a much larger story that dates back at least to 1796. Using a series of episodes that include the religious beliefs of Thomas Jefferson, anti-Catholicism, anti-Mormonism, and Prohibitio...Log In or Sign Up to Read More