A Religious History of the American People (1st edition 1972, 2nd edition 2004) is a book by Sydney E. Ahlstrom and published by Yale University Press.

The first edition of the book consists of nine parts that divide up sixty-three chapters in total.

The second edition contains an additional chapter and preface covering the last three decades.

These were contributed by another noteworthy historian of religion, David D. Hall.

1107–1109), "Newcomers and outsiders: Jews, Mormons, Buddhists, Hindus, and Muslims" (pp.