Religious Pluralism in America: The Contentious History of a Founding IdealYale University Press, 1 ott 2008 - 288 pagine Religious toleration is enshrined as an ideal in our Constitution, but religious diversity has had a complicated history in the United States. Although Americans have taken justifiable pride in the rich array of religious faiths that help define our nation, for two centuries we have been grappling with the question of how we can coexist. In this ambitious reappraisal of American religious history, William Hutchison chronicles the country’s struggle to fulfill the promise of its founding ideals. In 1800 the United States was an overwhelmingly Protestant nation. Over the next two centuries, Catholics, Mormons, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and others would emerge to challenge the Protestant mainstream. Although their demands were often met with resistance, Hutchison demonstrates that as a result of these conflicts we have expanded our understanding of what it means to be a religiously diverse country. No longer satisfied with mere legal toleration, we now expect that all religious groups will share in creating our national agenda. This book offers a groundbreaking and timely history of our efforts to become one nation under multiple gods. |
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... United States - Religion . I. Title . BL2525.H88 2003 291.1'72'0973 - dc21 2. Religious pluralism — United States — History . 2002151893 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library . The paper in this book ...
... United States - Religion . I. Title . BL2525.H88 2003 291.1'72'0973 - dc21 2. Religious pluralism — United States — History . 2002151893 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library . The paper in this book ...
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... to ignore Standard Oil , United Fruit , and other common targets of resent- ment could scarcely bill themselves as histories of business in America . and other formerly neglected players , we still need , Introduction 3.
... to ignore Standard Oil , United Fruit , and other common targets of resent- ment could scarcely bill themselves as histories of business in America . and other formerly neglected players , we still need , Introduction 3.
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... United States , the champion of religious freedom and scorner of establishments , was famously not that kind of society . Like most mythologies , national or otherwise , this one was not all wrong . What Ahlstrom intended in his passing ...
... United States , the champion of religious freedom and scorner of establishments , was famously not that kind of society . Like most mythologies , national or otherwise , this one was not all wrong . What Ahlstrom intended in his passing ...
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... United States as the showcase for religious pluralism . Thus in the mid - nineteenth century , although some by then were recog- nizing toleration as an inadequate response to diversity , the vast majority of participants and observers ...
... United States as the showcase for religious pluralism . Thus in the mid - nineteenth century , although some by then were recog- nizing toleration as an inadequate response to diversity , the vast majority of participants and observers ...
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... United States of America , published in 1819 , Cobbett extolled the American religious style . Although he was writing this memoir dur- ing the very nastiest moments of New England's Unitarian controversy , he insisted that in America ...
... United States of America , published in 1819 , Cobbett extolled the American religious style . Although he was writing this memoir dur- ing the very nastiest moments of New England's Unitarian controversy , he insisted that in America ...
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The Protestant Establishment as a Unifying Force | 59 |
Adjustments Within the Establishment | 84 |
Pluralism as Inclusion | 111 |
The Establishment Under Stress in the Early Twentieth Century | 139 |
Early Assaults on the Melting Pot Ideal | 170 |
New Mainstream Gropings Toward a New Pluralism | 196 |
9 Whose America Is It Anyway? The Sixties and After | 219 |
Notes | 241 |
Bibliography | 257 |
Index | 263 |
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