America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wuthnow, Robert (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Diversiteit.
Godsdienstige bewegingen.
Godsdiensten.
Religiöser Pluralismus
Religious pluralism.
Religion.
Interfaith relations.
Cultural pluralism.
Christianity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology of Religion.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies.
Diversite culturelle > États-Unis.
Pluralisme religieux > États-Unis.
Christianisme > Relations > États-Unis.
Religious pluralism > United States.
Cultural pluralism > United States.
Christianity and other religions > United States.
USA.
United States.
États-Unis > Religion.
United States > Religion.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Confronting diversity
  • 1. A special people in a diverse world
  • First encounters
  • Toward a new nation
  • From missions to comparative religion
  • The Tripartite settlement
  • Beyond Christian America?
  • 2. The new diversity
  • American Hindus
  • American Buddhists
  • American Muslims
  • Living among Christians
  • Pluralism or coexistence?
  • 3. The significance of religious diversity
  • A threat to democracy?
  • Fairness and decency
  • Challenges to American values
  • Religion as moral order
  • 4. Embracing diversity : shopping in the spiritual marketplace
  • Trev Granger's story
  • Becoming a spiritual shopper
  • The shopping mentality
  • Toward a new consciousness?
  • 5. "Many mansions" : accepting diversity
  • Sandra Michaelson : beauty in every religion
  • Coming to terms Coming to terms with diversity
  • How to be an inclusive Christian
  • Envisioning an inclusive society
  • 6. "One way" : resisting diversity
  • Trisha Mobley : "it is written"
  • The road to resistance
  • Maintaining an exclusivist worldview
  • The social implications of Christian exclusivism
  • 7. The public's beliefs and practices
  • Beliefs about religious truth
  • Views of America
  • The impact of non-Western religions
  • Social and cultural factors
  • Interreligious contact and attitudes
  • Interreligious programs
  • Conclusions
  • 8. How congregations manage diversity
  • What churches are doing
  • The role of theology
  • Strategies of avoidance
  • Strategies of engagement
  • The imprint of pluralism
  • Beyond insularity?
  • 9. Negotiating religiously mixed marriages
  • Falling in love
  • Negotiating with religious authorities
  • The parsing of practices
  • Disaggregating religious identities
  • The normalization of diversity
  • From religion to culture
  • 10. How pluralistic should we be?
  • Reflective pluralism
  • The case for cooperation
  • An effort to promote understanding
  • Multiple models
  • Why interreligious efforts fail
  • How interreligious efforts succeed
  • What else needs to be done
  • Extrapolating to other kinds of diversity
  • The challenges ahead.

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