America and the challenges of religious diversity /
Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and adherents of other non-Western religions have become a significant presence in the United States in recent years. Yet many Americans continue to regard the United States as a Christian society. How are we adapting to the new diversity? Do we casually announce that we...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press,
2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and adherents of other non-Western religions have become a significant presence in the United States in recent years. Yet many Americans continue to regard the United States as a Christian society. How are we adapting to the new diversity? Do we casually announce that we "respect" the faiths of non-Christians without understanding much about those faiths? Are we willing to do the hard work required to achieve genuine religious pluralism?Award-winning author Robert Wuthnow tackles these and other difficult questions surrounding religious diversity and does so with hi. |
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Notas: | Originally published: 2005. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 391 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-370) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781400837243 1400837243 0691134111 9780691134116 1283212544 9781283212540 9786613212542 6613212547 |