Gods in America : Religious Pluralism in the United States

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Charles L.

Contributor:

Numbers, Ronald L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious pluralism--United States.

United States--Religion.

Religious pluralism.

United States.

Local Subjects:

Religious pluralism--United States.

United States--Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (405 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Religious pluralism has characterized America almost from its seventeenth-century inception, but the past half century or so has witnessed wholesale changes in the religious landscape, including a proliferation of new spiritualities, the emergence of widespread adherence to ''Asian'' traditions, and an evangelical Christian resurgence. Gods in America brings together leading scholars from a variety of disciplines to explain the historical roots of these phenomena and assess their impact on modern American society.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE: Overviews""; ""CHAPTER 1 Religious Pluralism in Religious Studies""; ""CHAPTER 2 Religious Pluralism in Modern America: A Sociological Overview""; ""CHAPTER 3 Worlds in Space: American Religious Pluralism in Geographic Perspective""; ""PART TWO: Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaism""; ""CHAPTER 4 Evangelicalism and Religious Pluralism in Contemporary America: Diversity Without, Diversity Within, and Maintaining the Borders""; ""CHAPTER 5 Pluralism: Notes on the American Catholic Experience""

""CHAPTER 6 Religious Pluralism in American Judaism""""PART THREE: Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism""; ""CHAPTER 7 Muslims and American Religious Pluralism""; ""CHAPTER 8 Buddhism, Art, and Transcultural Collage: Toward a Cultural History of Buddhism in the United States, 1945�2000""; ""CHAPTER 9 Beyond Pluralism: Global Gurus and the Third Stream of American Religiosity""; ""PART FOUR: Impact of Religious Pluralism: I""; ""CHAPTER 10 The Impact of Religious Pluralism on American Women""; ""CHAPTER 11 Popular Religion and Pluralism, or, Will Harry Potter Be Left Behind?""

""CHAPTER 12 “Finding Light through Muddy Waters�: African- American Religious Pluralism""""PART FIVE: Impact of Religious Pluralism: II""; ""CHAPTER 13 From Consensus to Struggle: Pluralism and the Body Politic in Contemporary America""; ""CHAPTER 14 Piety, International Politics, and Religious Pluralism in the American Experience""; ""CHAPTER 15 “Courting Anarchy�?: Religious Pluralism and the Law""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""

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Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-993191-7

OCLC:

922972728