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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Pagina 6
... major and minor , in this quietly persistent process of redefinition , three seem especially evident . The first we can call pluralism as toleration ; the second , pluralism as in- clusion ; the third , pluralism as participation ...
... major and minor , in this quietly persistent process of redefinition , three seem especially evident . The first we can call pluralism as toleration ; the second , pluralism as in- clusion ; the third , pluralism as participation ...
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... major spokesman for American ways , acknowledged dangers in what Car- lisle had called " unbounded freedom of conscience . " And a good many others were not sympathetic at all . The English novelist Frances Trollope , who spent three ...
... major spokesman for American ways , acknowledged dangers in what Car- lisle had called " unbounded freedom of conscience . " And a good many others were not sympathetic at all . The English novelist Frances Trollope , who spent three ...
Pagina 28
... major American cultural force . " 30 Supplementing these communitarian efforts to reform society were those of the numerous voluntary associations that formed around such objectives as prison reform or peace activism or antislavery ...
... major American cultural force . " 30 Supplementing these communitarian efforts to reform society were those of the numerous voluntary associations that formed around such objectives as prison reform or peace activism or antislavery ...
Pagina 38
... major dissenting groups , the other lucky winners of the Amused Tolerance award were the transcendentalists of New England ( and , later , of selected spots in the Midwest ) . These Boston - area intel- lectuals , most of whom either ...
... major dissenting groups , the other lucky winners of the Amused Tolerance award were the transcendentalists of New England ( and , later , of selected spots in the Midwest ) . These Boston - area intel- lectuals , most of whom either ...
Pagina 52
... major episodes in Mormon history . Chris- tensen emphasized miraculous events ( Smith discovering the golden plates , the Mormons fed by tame quail ) and heroic struggles ( immigrants struggling across the plains with handcarts ...
... major episodes in Mormon history . Chris- tensen emphasized miraculous events ( Smith discovering the golden plates , the Mormons fed by tame quail ) and heroic struggles ( immigrants struggling across the plains with handcarts ...
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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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