HISTORY OF RELIGION IN AMERICA What Makes It Unique?

Major movements, personalities and thoughts have made religious traditions in this country vibrant, creative and uniquely American.  The broad scope of this subject includes:  the doctrine of separation of church and state, which freed religion from the heavy hand of government; the vastness of America’s geography, which allowed people to start movements away from settled church life and established institutions; and America’s heterogeneous population, which mixed traditions that otherwise would not have melded together.