Jon Butler: 5 books
New World Faiths
Religion in Colonial America
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2007
Many people believe that the piety of the Pilgrims typified early American religion. However, by the 1730s Catholics, Jews, and Africans had joined Native Americans, Puritans, and numerous other Protestants in the colonies. Jon Butler launches his narrative with a description of the state of religious...
Do Ants Have Assholes?
And 106 of the World's Other Most Important Questions
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
"Every year, one funny book seems to stand out from all the others. This year, it's Do Ants Have [Assholes]?
a rip-roaring parody"
Spectator
"The book being touted as this year's can't-miss, downstairs-loo-fixture of a dead-cert publishing-phenomenon-sensation"
Guardian
"A...
Do Ants Have Arseholes?
...and 101 other bloody ridiculous questions
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2008
How easy is it to fall off a log? Where is the middle of nowhere? Do we really have no bananas?
The readers of OLD GIT magazine are a batty, befuddled, potty-mouthed bunch, who seem to spend a significant chunk of their spare time corresponding with the publication's popular letters page. DO...
Religion in American Life
A Short History
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2011
"Quite ambitious, tracing religion in the United States from European colonization up to the 21st century.... The writing is strong throughout."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "One can hardly do better than Religion in American Life.... A good read, especially for the uninitiated....
Do Bats Have Bollocks?
And 101 More Utterly Stupid Questions
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2008
The letters page of Old Git magazine continues to offer its readers an opportunity to ask and provide answers to the most pressing questions of our times. Questions such as:
Would it help global warming if I left my fridge door open?
What's the riskiest game of risk ever played?
If I fell down...