Gods in America : Religious Pluralism in the United States.
Cohen, Charles L.
Gods in America : Religious Pluralism in the United States. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (405 pages)
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 -- Z.
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.
9780199931910
Religious pluralism -- United States.
United States -- Religion.
Electronic books.
BL2525.G627 2013eb
200.973
Gods in America : Religious Pluralism in the United States. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (405 pages)
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 -- Z.
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.
9780199931910
Religious pluralism -- United States.
United States -- Religion.
Electronic books.
BL2525.G627 2013eb
200.973