E. Allen Richardson

Strangers in This Land

Religion, Pluralism and the American Dream, Revised Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This updated, revised version of the important 1988 first edition ("must reading for anyone seriously probing religious pluralism in our society"--Theology Today) examines the complex relationship between American ideals and increasing religious diversity. In the past two decades, American religion has become more pluralistic and the central dynamic of welcoming versus rejecting religious diversity is even more prominent and nuanced. Explored here are two competing visions of the American Dream as it relates to religion: America as a pluralistic society shaped by its diversity, and America as an assimilative society in which people of all backgrounds become "American."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9780786435395
• ISBN-10: 0786435399
• Artikelnr.: 26572381

Autorenporträt

E. Allen Richardson is a professor of religious studies at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Foreword by Diana L. Eck     
Preface     
1. Where Distant Gods Collide     
2. One Nation-Divisible     
3. Melting Pot and Mosaic     
4. Pluralism and Denominationalism     
5. Pluralism and Conflict     
6. The Dynamics of American Pluralism in a Post-9/11 World     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index