This work offers a complete history of religion in America that centers on the diversity of sacred traditions and practices that have existed in the country from its earliest days. It includes discussion of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, political affiliations, and other elements of individual and collective identity. Also covered are diverse beliefs and practices that originated in the Americas as well as those that came from Europe, Asia, and Africa, incorporating recent scholarship for a nuanced history that goes beyond simple explanations of America as a Protestant society.