Foreword -- Preface -- Religion in America: the problem -- From the land of immigrants to the triple melting pot: immigration and the ethnic group -- From the land of immigrants to the triple melting pot: the third generation and the religious community -- The contemporary upswing in religion -- The religion of Americans and American religion -- Protestantism in America -- Catholicism in America -- Judaism in America -- The three religious communities: comparisons and contrasts -- The three religious communities: unity and tension -- Religion in America in the perspective of faith