PRAYER
IN AMERICA
Reading
& Reference List
The
production of the documentary Prayer in America
and the related outreach campaign were inspired by the
book One Nation Under God – The History of Prayer in
America by author James P. Moore, Jr.
During
the course of production, producers Alison Rostankowski,
Patricia Ostermick and Chip Duncan studied a variety of
books and articles on the subject of prayer and American
history. The following list includes many of the books
we reviewed in the course of our work.
Several of the books were authored by interview subjects
included in the documentary.
For additional information on our bibliographical resources,
please contact Patricia Ostermick via email at Patty@DuncanEntertainment.com.
For additional resources related to community outreach,
please visit PrayerInAmerica.org.
For broadcast information, please contact Iowa Public
Television at IPTV.org
BOOKS
Ahlstrom,
Sydney E. A Religious History of the American People.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1972.
Albanese,
Catherine L. America, Religions, and Religion.
3rd ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1999.
Aslan,
Reza, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future
of Islam. New York: Random House, 2005.
Berlin,
Ira, Favreau, Marc, and Miller, Steven F., eds. Remembering
Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences
of Slavery and Freedom. New York: The New Press, 1998.
Brekus,
Catherine A. Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching
in America, 1740-1845. Chapel Hill: The University
of North Carolina Press, 1998.
Bruns,
Roger Cesar Chavez: A Biography, Westport: Greenwood
Press, 2005.
Butler,
Jon, and Stout, Harry S. Religion in American History:
A Reader. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Butler,
Jon, Wacker, Grant, and Balmer, Randall. Religion in
American Life: A Short History. New York: Oxford University
Press, 2003.
Cadge,
Wendy. Heartwood: The First Generation of Theravada
Buddhism in America. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 2004.
Carnegie,
Andrew. The Gospel of Wealth. New York: The Century
Co., 1900.
Colson,
Charles W. Born Again. Grand Rapids, MI: Chosen,
2004.
Cone,
James H. Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream
or a Nightmare. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books,
1991.
Eddy,
Mary Baker, Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures,
entered according to Act of Congress, Washington DC, 1875.
Espinosa,
Gastón, Elizondo, Virgilio, and Miranda, Jesse,
eds. Latino Religions and Civic Activism in the United
States. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Evans,
Christopher H. The Kingdom is Always But Coming: A
Life of Walter Rauschenbusch. Grand Rapids, Michigan:
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Gaustad,
Edwin, and Schmidt, Leigh. The Religious History of
America: The Heart of the American Story from Colonial
Times to Today. Rev. ed. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco,
2004.
Gingrich,
Newt, Rediscovering God In America. Nashville:
Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2005.
Goff,
Philip, and Harvey, Paul, eds. Themes in Religion &
American Culture. Chapel Hill: The University of North
Carolina Press, 2004.
Groeshel,
Benedict J. Listening at Prayer. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist
Press, 1984.
Hauerwas,
Stanley. Prayers Plainly Spoken. Downers Grove,
IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999.
Haynes,
Charles C. Religion in American History: What to Teach
and How. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision
& Curriculum Development, 1990
Hedges,
Chris. American Fascists: The Christian Right and the
War on America, New York: Free Press, 2006.
Hoeveler,
J. David. Creating the American Mind: Intellect and
Politics in the Colonial Colleges. Lanham, MD: Rowman
& Littlefield, 2003.
Hutson,
James H., ed. The Founders on Religion: A Book of Quotations.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005.
La
Botz, Dan. César Chávez and la Causa.
New York: Pearson Longman, 2006.
Lambert,
Frank. The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion
in America, Princeton: Princeton University Press,
2003.
Marty,
Martin E. Pilgrims in Their Own Land: 500 Years of
Religion in America. Boston: Little, Brown, 1984.
Marty,
Martin E. Religion and Republic: The American Circumstance.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1987.
McCloud,
Aminah B. African American Islam. London: Routledge,
1995.
McDannell,
Colleen, ed. Religions of the United States in Practice.
Vol. 1. Princeton: Princeton University press.
Meacham,
Jon. American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and
the Making of a Nation. New York: Random House, 2006.
Moore,
James P., Jr. One Nation Under God: The History of
Prayer in America. New York: Doubleday, 2005.
Morrill,
Susanna. White Roses on the Floor of Heaven: Mormon
Women's Popular Theology, 1880-1920. London: Routledge,
2006.
Ostrander, Rick. The Life of Prayer in a World of Science:
Protestants, Prayer, and American Culture 1870-1930.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Raboteau,
Albert J. A Fire in the Bones: Reflections on African-American
Religious History. Boston: Beacon Press, 1995.
Raboteau,
Albert J. Slave Religion: The "Invisible Institution"
in the Antebellum South. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1978.
Sarna,
Jonathan D. American Judaism: A History. New: Haven:
Yale University Press, 2004.
Sloan,
Richard P. Blind Faith: The Unholy Alliance of Religion
and Medicine. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006.
Stevens-Arroyo,
Antonio M. Prophets Denied Honor: An Anthology on the
Hispanic Church in the United States. New York: Orbis,
1980.
Stout,
Harry S. Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History
of the Civil War. New York: Penguin Group, 2006.
Tolson,
Chester L., and Koenig, Harold G. The Healing Power
of Prayer: The Surprising Connection between Prayer and
Your Health. Grand Rapids, Michigan: BakerBooks, 2003.
Warren,
Rick. The Purpose Driven Life: What On Earth Am I here
For? Grand Rapids, Michigan, Zondervan, 2002.
White,
Ronald C., Jr., and Hopkins, C. Howard. The Social
Gospel: Religion and Reform in Changing America. Philadelphia:
Temple University Press, 1976.
Wilkinson,
Bruce, The Prayer of Jabez, Sisters, Oregon, Multnomah
Publishers, 2000.
Zaleski,
Philip, and Zaleski, Carol. Prayer: A History.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005.
