This is a collection of previously unpublished papers on `denominationalism' - the `free market' mode of organizing religious life which, it has been argued, manages to combine traditional religious claims with a free society in a peculiarly American way. The authors explore the history of denominational studies, as well as promising new approaches in the field. The interpretive essays gathered here constitute a significant contribution to the study of denominations. The volume boasts a wide variety of methodologies and commentators ... In helping us to reimagine denominationalism, the present volume lays an indispensable groundwork from which to survey the changing landscape of religion in America.