Religious Pluralism in America: The Contentious History of a Founding IdealYale University Press, 2003 M01 1 - 276 pages In this groundbreaking and timely history, an eminent historian of religion chronicles America's struggle to fulfill the promise of religious toleration enshrined in our Constitution. William Hutchison shows that as Catholics, Mormons, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and others emerged to challenge the Protestant mainstream, we have expanded our understanding of what it means to be a religiously diverse country. ?[This] landmark study address[es] a topic that is both central to American history and relevant to pressing current debates. . . . Stimulating, illuminating, and provocative.”?Mark Noll ?A fascinating account of how religious pluralism, a pluralism that now accepts the most distant stretches of religious diversity, has become institutionalized in the United States.”?Nathan Glazer ?Rich and engaging.”?Thomas C. Berg, Christian Century ?Hutchison's history is learned and accessible. In its use of cultural evidence?including political cartoons, gospel lyrics, portraits, and photographs?it is even entertaining. . . . More importantly, at all points it is clear.”?Erin Leib, New York Sun |
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... diversity and pluralism , as applied to religion and to American society generally , have surged in prominence and common usage over the past several decades . Both terms come into play when we consider Asian religions and others that ...
... diversity and pluralism , as applied to religion and to American society generally , have surged in prominence and common usage over the past several decades . Both terms come into play when we consider Asian religions and others that ...
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... diversity , it does not — to resort to a current coinage — fore- ground them . Secondly , my analysis needs to be understood as proceeding from a standard linguistic distinction that is , however , often obscured in everyday speech ...
... diversity , it does not — to resort to a current coinage — fore- ground them . Secondly , my analysis needs to be understood as proceeding from a standard linguistic distinction that is , however , often obscured in everyday speech ...
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... diversity . They did do better . The nine- teenth century in western Europe was an era of gradual decline for formal religious establishments , and of slowly increasing levels of protection for minority faiths . Americans , faced with ...
... diversity . They did do better . The nine- teenth century in western Europe was an era of gradual decline for formal religious establishments , and of slowly increasing levels of protection for minority faiths . Americans , faced with ...
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... diversity had by then expanded well beyond what it had been in 1800. The meaning of such widely accepted concepts as religious freedom and mutual respect had indeed broadened down from one era to the next . Although one can identify a ...
... diversity had by then expanded well beyond what it had been in 1800. The meaning of such widely accepted concepts as religious freedom and mutual respect had indeed broadened down from one era to the next . Although one can identify a ...
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... diversity . Secondly , why did we think we had done so well ? One answer to the first question has already been hinted : no society , past or present , has responded to sudden diversification with a rapid or full embrace of newcomers ...
... diversity . Secondly , why did we think we had done so well ? One answer to the first question has already been hinted : no society , past or present , has responded to sudden diversification with a rapid or full embrace of newcomers ...
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