Religion in colonial america religion in american life butler jon isbn 9780195119985 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. After independence their active diversity of faiths led americans to the groundbreaking idea that government should abandon the use of law to support any religious group and should instead guarantee free exercise of religion for everyone religion in american life explores the evolution character and dynamics of organized religion in america from 1500 to the present day written by distinguished religious historians these books weave together the varying stories that compose the religious . Toward the end of the colonial era churchgoing reached at least 60 percent in all the colonies the middle colonies saw a mixture of religions including quakers who founded pennsylvania catholics lutherans a few jews and others the southern colonists were a mixture as well including baptists and anglicans. Religion in colonial america by lawanda brewer heather jaques ranada jones joshua king students university of north carolina at pembroke 2001 many people came to america to search for religious freedom their hope was to escape the religious persecution they were facing in their countries the one thing they did not want to do was to establish a church like the church of england the