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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... called a history of, say, third parties in America. Similarly, economic histories that might try to ignore Standard Oil, United Fruit, and other common targets of resentment could scarcely bill themselves as histories of business in ...
... called a history of, say, third parties in America. Similarly, economic histories that might try to ignore Standard Oil, United Fruit, and other common targets of resentment could scarcely bill themselves as histories of business in ...
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... called diversityandan idealorimpulseforwhichthebesttermispluralism.*Although the meanings of the two terms do overlap, the difference between them goes to the heart of my argument. In brief, the argument is that whereas diversity ...
... called diversityandan idealorimpulseforwhichthebesttermispluralism.*Although the meanings of the two terms do overlap, the difference between them goes to the heart of my argument. In brief, the argument is that whereas diversity ...
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... called ''unbounded freedom of conscience.'' And a good many others were not sympathetic at all.The English novelist FrancesTrollope, who spent three years in the United States in the late s, considered America's pluralistic ...
... called ''unbounded freedom of conscience.'' And a good many others were not sympathetic at all.The English novelist FrancesTrollope, who spent three years in the United States in the late s, considered America's pluralistic ...
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... called the ''barbarism'' of imposing a religious test for office-holding. Given that impressive,orperhapsastounding, half-centuryofgrowthinlegaltolera- tion, it is no surprise to find that Baird was genuinely optimistic; and in this he ...
... called the ''barbarism'' of imposing a religious test for office-holding. Given that impressive,orperhapsastounding, half-centuryofgrowthinlegaltolera- tion, it is no surprise to find that Baird was genuinely optimistic; and in this he ...
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... called Moravians had only churches in , the Mennonites a very localized . Although radical sects like the Dunkers and the followers of theScottishreformerRobertSandemanaresometimesplacedinthesame listing as Baptists and ...
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The Protestant Establishment as a Unifying Force | |
Adjustments Within the Establishment | |
Pluralism as Inclusion | |
The Establishment Under Stress in the Early Twentieth Century | |
Early Assaults on the Melting Pot Ideal | |
New Mainstream Gropings Toward a New Pluralism | |
9 Whose America Is It Anyway? The Sixties and After | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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