Beginning with the Native American tribes of the Wabanaki Alliance, the
people of Maine have created religious institutions and spiritual
traditions that have endured for hundreds of years. After the arrival of
Europeans, Christianity and Judaism began to spread, and dozens of
congregations were formed. Their history lives not only in the
spectacular structures built to honor the deities but also in the people
who came together to celebrate, mourn and worship. From the earliest
Native American peoples to the congregations of today, local authors Jim
and Jane Diggins Harnedy document the religious history of Acadia,
Greater Bangor and Way Down East.