Saving Faith : Making Religious Pluralism an American Value at the Dawn of the Secular Age /

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Examines the period between 1875 and 1925 when liberal Protestant leaders abandoned religious exclusivism and leveraged their influence to affirm that all religious traditions had social value, leading to a reconsideration of ethnic, racial, and cultural differences.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mislin, David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Religious pluralism.
Protestantism.
Liberalism (Religion) > Protestant churches.
Interfaith relations.
Christianity.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Christianisme > Relations > États-Unis.
Protestantisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Christianity and other religions > United States.
Liberalism (Religion) > Protestant churches > History.
Protestantism > United States > History.
Religious pluralism > United States > History.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire religieuse > 20e siecle.
États-Unis > Histoire religieuse > 19e siecle.
United States > Church history > 20th century.
United States > Church history > 19th century.
History.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the Gilded Age crisis of faith and the reevaluation of religious pluralism
  • Twilight faith : the embrace of doubt as the embrace of diversity
  • Correcting Elijah's mistake : the liberal Protestant embrace of comparative religion
  • An expansive Kingdom of God : the articulation of Protestant-Catholic-Jewish commonality
  • Drawing together : the cooperative impulse in liberal religious thought
  • Of union and unity : the quest for a Christian wholeness
  • Proclaiming common ground : the goodwill movement and the shaping of a Jewish-Christian America
  • Epilogue : making religious pluralism an American value.

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