America and the Challenges of Religious DiversityPrinceton University Press, 2005 - Počet stran: 391 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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Introduction Confronting Diversity | 1 |
A Special People in a Diverse World | 8 |
The New Diversity | 37 |
The Significance of Religious Diversity | 75 |
Shopping | 106 |
Accepting Diversity | 130 |
Resisting Diversity | 159 |
The Publics Beliefs and Practices | 188 |
How Congregations Manage Diversity | 230 |
Negotiating Religiously Mixed Marriages | 259 |
How Pluralistic Should We Be? | 286 |
The Case for Cooperation | 292 |
What Else Needs to Be Done | 305 |
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