Peter Manseau holds a doctorate in religion from Georgetown University and is currently a fellow at the Smithsonian, curating the museum's first exhibit on early American religious history. He is the author of Rag and Bone, Songs for the Butcher's Daughter, and Vows. Winner of Prizes including the National Jewish Book Award, Manseau is also the unlikely son of a priest and a nun. he lives in Annapolis, Maryland.
One nation Under Gods is a history of America told from the point of view of the minority faiths that have been therefrom the beginning, with a special focus on forgotten moments in the Jewish American experience.