American religious liberalism / edited by Leigh E. Schmidt and Sally M. Promey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schmidt, Leigh Eric.

Promey, Sally M., 1953-

Series:

Religion in North America.

Religion in North America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism (Religion)--United States.

Liberalism (Religion).

United States--Religion.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (431 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Religious liberalism in America has often been equated with an ecumenical Protestant establishment. By contrast, American Religious Liberalism draws attention to the broad diversity of liberal cultures that shapes America's religious movements. The essays gathered here push beyond familiar tropes and boundaries to interrogate religious liberalism's dense cultural leanings by looking at spirituality in the arts, the politics and piety of religious cosmopolitanism, and the interaction between liberal religion and liberal secularism. Readers will find a kaleidoscopic view of many of the progre

Contents:

pt. 1. The spiritual in art

pt. 2. The piety and politics of liberal ecumenism

pt. 3. Prgamatism, secularism, and internationalism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-24194-X

9786613813060

0-253-00218-4

OCLC:

806521203