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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... thing ? —or only a great agglomeration of subcultural histories ? Given the now- recognized integrity of these subcultures , should we stop try- ing to tell an overall story ? If we do try to retell this larger story , can we hope to ...
... thing ? —or only a great agglomeration of subcultural histories ? Given the now- recognized integrity of these subcultures , should we stop try- ing to tell an overall story ? If we do try to retell this larger story , can we hope to ...
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... thing , historical writings and academic courses that pride themselves on avoiding explicit propositions about American religion are exceedingly likely to harbor im- plicit ones . For another , as the philosopher William James urged ...
... thing , historical writings and academic courses that pride themselves on avoiding explicit propositions about American religion are exceedingly likely to harbor im- plicit ones . For another , as the philosopher William James urged ...
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... things to this extreme are dubious not just for the purposes of interpretation but equally for those of elementary coverage . In writing about past American politics , one might minimize attention to Federalists , Democrats , and other ...
... things to this extreme are dubious not just for the purposes of interpretation but equally for those of elementary coverage . In writing about past American politics , one might minimize attention to Federalists , Democrats , and other ...
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... things people do and think in response to diversity . Thus pluralism signifies " ( 1 ) a state of society in which members of diverse ethnic , racial , religious , or social groups maintain an autonomous participation in and development ...
... things people do and think in response to diversity . Thus pluralism signifies " ( 1 ) a state of society in which members of diverse ethnic , racial , religious , or social groups maintain an autonomous participation in and development ...
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... things , rumina- tions on the late Sydney Ahlstrom's enigmatic remark , in the historical text he published in 1972 ... thing . Heresy or not , what can these analysts have meant by such a negative gloss on the traditional success story ...
... things , rumina- tions on the late Sydney Ahlstrom's enigmatic remark , in the historical text he published in 1972 ... thing . Heresy or not , what can these analysts have meant by such a negative gloss on the traditional success story ...
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