Sydney E. Ahlstrom (1919–1984)

Author of A Religious History of the American People

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About the Author

Sydney E. Ahlstrom, an eminent scholar of the history of religious thought in America, taught at Yale University for more than thirty years and held the Samuel Knight Chair in American History and Modern Religious History at the time of his death in 1984 David D. Hall is Bartlett Professor of New show more England Church History at Harvard Divinity School show less

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Works by Sydney E. Ahlstrom

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A Religious History of the American People (1972) 920 copies

Theology in America; the major Protestant voices from puritanism to neo-orthodoxy (1967) 78 copies

A Religious History of the American People: Volume 2 (1975) 62 copies

A Religious History of The American People: Volume 1 (1853) 49 copies

An American Reformation: A Documentary History of Unitarian Christianity (1985) 25 copies

A RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE (2011) 1 copy

American Reformation, An : a documentary history of Unitarian Christianity 1 copy

A Religious History of the American People Vols. 1-2 1 copy

THE SCIENTIFIC THEIST (1987) 1 copy

Religious History of the American People by Sydney E. Ahlstrom (1972-10-26) 1 copy

A Religious History of the American People 1 copy

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American Religious Values and the Future of America (1978) — Contributor — 8 copies

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Birthdate: 1919-12-16
Date of death: 1984-07-03
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Occupations: professor (Yale University)
Relationships: Raboteau, Albert J. (student)

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A Religious History of the American People by Sydney E. Ahlstrom

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davidgmarks | 6 other reviews | Aug 17, 2023 |

A Religious History of the American People: 002 by Sydney E. Ahlstrom

Very good, extremely complete history covering every denomination, sect, cult and movement in two vol. Read it while a student at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley CA. My advisor, Dr. Samuel Garrett recommended it.

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MMc009 | 1 other review | Jan 30, 2022 |

A Religious History of the American People by Sydney E. Ahlstrom

Comprehensive and intriguing... if you like the subject matter.

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OutOfTheBestBooks | 6 other reviews | Sep 24, 2021 |

A religious history of the American people by Sydney E. Ahlstrom

I started this, but I stilled. A Religious History of the American People is an enormous book and, with my present lack of lazy oceans of time, I'm simply not going to make it through the whole thing. Instead, I've been dipping in and out of it, reading 10-50 pages at a time, randomly or on topics that interest me. It's obvious a very fine work of synthesis and I learn something interesting every time I open it. Some day...