Understanding American Judaism: Toward the Description of a Modern Religion (Two Volumes), edited by Jacob Neusner (TPB, 1975, two volumes for $4)
Volume One: The Rabbi and the Synagogue
Volume Two: Sectors of American Judaism-
Reform, Orthodoxy, Conservatism, and Reconstuctionism
Reconstructionism? I had never heard of that one before, probably because it is new, very small, elitist and American. As it is described here, "Among themselves, Reconstructionists are not in complete agreement on matters of ideology and belief. All do agree that Modecai Kaplan is the founder of Reconstructionism and that his writings provide the major outline of the Reconstructionist ideology and progress." (So if I don't get it, I am not the only one.)
Look for this two book set in the religion section.
