Religions of America

A Gale Primary Sources archive featuring collections that trace the history and unique character of religious movements that originated in or were re-shaped by the United States and Canada during the 19th and 20th centuries.

The collection pays especially close attention to America’s unique role as a birthplace for new religious movements, especially after World War II, to capture the varieties of the American religious experience. Coverage includes but is not limited to:

• Branch Davidians
• Christian Identity movement
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Free Peoples Temple
• Magick
• Moorish Science Temple of America
• New Age
• Neo-Paganism
• New Thought movements
• Occult groups
• Theosophy
• Shakers
• Spiritualism
• Wicca

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