A Nation of Religions The Politics of Pluralism in Multireligious America |
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| Editor:
| Prothero, Stephen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-3052-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2006 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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The United States has long been described as a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of religions in which Muslims and Methodists, Buddhists and Baptists live and work side by side. This book explores that nation of religions, focusing on how four recently arrived religious communities--Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs--are shaping and, in turn, shaped by American values. The contributors to this volume take U.S. religious diversity not as a proposition to be proved but as...
More DescriptionThe United States has long been described as a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of religions in which Muslims and Methodists, Buddhists and Baptists live and work side by side. This book explores that nation of religions, focusing on how four recently arrived religious communities--Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs--are shaping and, in turn, shaped by American values. The contributors to this volume take U.S. religious diversity not as a proposition to be proved but as the truism it has become. This conversation makes an important contribution to the intensifying public debate about the appropriate role of religion in American politics and society.