A special issue of the journal Religion (volume 42, no. 3).
Includes bibliographical references.
The study of American religions: critical reflections on a specialization / Finbarr Curtis -- The objects of American religious studies / Tracy Fessenden -- Religious history as religious studies / Kathryn Lofton -- "Only one repertory": American religious studies / Jason C. Bivins -- Between lived and the law: power, empire, and expansion in studies of North American religions / Rosemary R. Hicks -- The study of Amerian religion: looming through the glim / Richard J. Callahan Jr. -- My evangelical conviction / John Lardas Modern -- Book reviews