Books by Amanda (Professor of Religious Studies Porterfield

Describes and compares six religious traditions - Native American, Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist - focusing on ways in which belief is played out in practice, experience, and community. This book also emphasizes on religion in the USA, with attention to the historical developments each religion has undergone.

Amanda Porterfield examines the Mount Holyoke Missionaries founder, Mary Lyon, and the missionary women trained by her. She focuses on how these Protestant women brought cultural change through their Protestant teachings to several parts of the world, particularly northwest Persia, Maharashtra in western India, and Natal in southeast Africa.