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Article: Race, Religion, Region: Landscapes Of Encounter in the American West.(Book review)
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- Oregon Historical Quarterly
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- March 22, 2008
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RACE, RELIGION, REGION: LANDSCAPES OF ENCOUNTER IN THE AMERICAN WEST
edited by Fay Botham and Sara M. Patterson
University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2006. Illustrations, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. 197 pages. $40.00 cloth.
During the last decade, the study of religion in the American West has captured the attention of an increasing number of scholars. The work of Ferenc Szasz, among others, has laid a solid foundation, but the influence of Patricia Limerick and Richard White also continues to be felt. While Limerick and White were not particularly focused on religion, their challenge to understand the West in more complex terms has ...