Books in the RELIGION IN AME series

Michael Pasquier examines the "lived" religion of French missionaries in their daily encounters with anti-Catholic Protestants and anti-clerical Catholics on the American frontier. Focusing on the collective thoughts, feelings, and actions of priests who found themselves caught between the formal canonical standards of the church and the informal experiences of missionaries in American culture, Pasquier illuminates the historical intersection of American, French, andRoman interests in the United States. He finds that at no point did French missionaries engage more directly in distinctively American affairs than in the religious debates surrounding slavery, secessions, and civil war. These issues, he shows, compelled even the most politically aloof missionariesto step out of the shadow of Rome and stake their church on the side of the Confederacy.

In this book, William Kostelvy uncovers the forgotten roots of American Pentecostalism by telling the story of an important radical communal society, the Metropolitan Church Association. Known as "Burning Bushers," its members objected to capitalism, confronted "elite" denominations, and offered an alternative, radical vision of Christianity.