Religious freedom : the contested history of an American ideal / Tisa Wenger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wenger, Tisa Joy, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of religion--United States--History--20th century.

Freedom of religion.

International relations.

History.

Race relations.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

United States.

United States--Race relations--Religious aspects.

United States--Foreign relations--History--20th century.

United States--Foreign relations--Philippines.

Philippines.

Philippines--Foreign relations--United States.

Diplomatic relations.

Race relations--Religious aspects.

Genre:

Electronic books.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Religious freedom is often presented as a timeless American ideal, appearing fully formed at the founding of the United States. That is simply not so, Tisa Wenger contends in this sweeping and brilliantly argued work. Instead, American ideas about religious freedom were continually reinvented through a vibrant national discourse that cannot be separated from the evolving politics of race and empire.

Contents:

Making the imperial subject : Protestants, Catholics, and Jews

Making empire in the Philippines : Filipinos, Moros, and the ambivalence of religious freedom

Making religion on the reservation : Native Americans and the settler secular

Making American whiteness : Jewish identity and the tri-faith movement

Defining a people : African Americans and the racial limits of religious freedom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 5, 2017).

ISBN:

9781469634630

1469634635

9781469634647

1469634643

OCLC:

1002848602

Publisher Number:

10.5149/9781469634630_wenger

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.