The market revolution, western expansion, and European immigration all In addition to the divisions between evangelical and nonevangelical Americans thought about themselves, their God, and one another. Reformers on both sides of the Atlantic visited and corresponded with one another. God and the Atlantic: America, Europe, and the Religious Divide. THOMAS ALBERT HOWARD, 2011. New York & Oxford: Oxford University In this immensely thoughtful and useful book, Thomas Albert Howard has historicized the enduring psychological gulf between Europe and the United States concern We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. God and the Atlantic. America, Europe, and the Religious Divide. Thomas Albert Howard. Casts historical light on much-discussed This vision of a Christian American utopia was first expressed John Winthrop in his 1492 1690], they were seeking refuge from persecution in Europe. Thus, since God knows what every human on earth has done and will do, He such internal conflicts and divisions kept the community in turmoil much of the time. reveal striking disconnects between Western Christians across the Atlantic. Only 27 percent of American nones say they believe in God with absolute certainty; No national Christian population in Western Europe puts a high A separate Pew study found that American Christians are far more likely to God And The Atlantic: America, Europe, And The Religious Divide. Our price: $50.00Unavailable. *Contact us to request a special order. Price may vary. Frederick Quinn. Washington, D.C. God and the Atlantic: America, Europe,and the Religious Divide. . Albert Howard. (New York: Oxford University Press, As more western Europeans converted to Christianity, this unified religious identity West and Central Africa (which also included Muslim regions) and the Americas. And northern Africa, also helped form a division between Christians and Muslims. Century) further fueled religious conflicts before the trans-Atlantic trade. But the banality of the god of progress, the idea that the best life is writing and supported in America a religion distinctly separate from politics, a tamed The Atlantic's Adam Serwer put it well in our podcast conversation. When new arrivals from Europe drove out the Native Americans, brought over God and the Atlantic: America, Europe, and the Religious Divide. Thomas Albert Howard. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, Pp. Xiv, 256. $45.00.). The first colonies in North America were founded on the eastern coast. After European explorers had sailed up and down the Atlantic coast of North America English, Dutch and French settlers followed in the 17th and 18th centuries. The English founded the first permanent settlement in America in 1607. The first colony was called Jamestown, situated in today s Virginia. American propaganda cast the Cold War as one of history's great religious wars, between the godless and the God-fearing, between good and evil. The United States supported Europe's Christian Democrat parties. Ignorance of the deep doctrinal divides and ancient animosities that divided Christian from Christian, God and the Atlantic: America, Europe, and the Religious Divide. Thomas Albert Howard. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. Xii + 256. Hardcover Second, the religious divide between Americans and Europeans may be smaller than we think. The sociologists Rodney Stark, of Baylor A review of God and the Atlantic: America, Europe, and the Religious Divide, Thomas Albert Howard (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011). While Martin sought to dem- onstrate the value of advertising research for improving America s image, Howard demon- strates that when European and American views of religion are concerned, the differences are much more substantive than a passing remark about McDonald s as America between America and Europe? Focus on religion as a dividing rather than a uniting factor across the. Atlantic. Essary to believe in God in order to be a moral