America and the Challenges of Religious DiversityPrinceton University Press, 1. 7. 2011 - Počet stran: 416 Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and adherents of other non-Western religions have become a significant presence in the United States in recent years. Yet many Americans continue to regard the United States as a Christian society. How are we adapting to the new diversity? Do we casually announce that we "respect" the faiths of non-Christians without understanding much about those faiths? Are we willing to do the hard work required to achieve genuine religious pluralism? |
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... meditation centers are often located in close proximity to churches and synagogues. The typical American, therefore, can more readily encounter people of other religions as neighbors, friends, and coworkers.2 Diversity is always ...
... meditation center, and (for purposes of comparison) a Jewish synagogue in each city, taking care to choose ones belonging to different traditions and varying in size and location. I then identified a church in the immediate vicinity of ...
... meditation by a guest swami from India, and a day of discourses on stress management led by speakers from other U.S. temples. Dr. Ramaswamy particularly appreciates the daily pujas because they symbolize and sanctify the cycle of ...
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8 | |
37 | |
Chapter 3 The Signicance of Religious Diversity | 75 |
Shopping in the Spiritual Marketplace | 106 |
Accepting Diversity | 130 |
Resisting Diversity | 159 |
Chapter 7 The Publics Beliefs and Practices | 188 |
Chapter 8 How Congregations Manage Diversity | 230 |
Chapter 9 Negotiating Religiously Mixed Marriages | 259 |
Chapter 10 How Pluralistic Should We Be? | 286 |
Notes | 315 |
Selected Bibliography | 351 |
Index | 371 |