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9780060621582

A New Religious America

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  • ISBN13:

    9780060621582

  • ISBN10:

    0060621583

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-05-17
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publications
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Summary

Challenging the still-prevalent idea that the United States is a "Christian country," the author argues that it is currently a mecca of religious pluralism with the most religiously diverse population on Earth.

Author Biography

Diana Eck is Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University and is Master of Lowell House and Director of The Pluralism Project.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction to a New America
1(25)
From Many, One
26(54)
American Hindus: The Ganges and the Mississippi
80(62)
American Buddhists: Enlightenment and Encounter
142(80)
American Muslims: Cousins and Strangers
222(72)
Afraid of Ourselves
294(41)
Bridge Building: A New Multireligious America
335(52)
Bibliography 387(12)
Index 399

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