Strangers in This Land

by Richardson, E. Allen

• ISBN13: 9780786435395
• ISBN10: 0786435399
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-04
• Publisher: McFarland Publishing

Summary

This updated, revised version of the important 1988 first edition (must reading for anyone seriously probing religious pluralism in our society--Theology Today) examines the complex relationship between American ideals and increasing religious diversity. In the past two decades, American religion has become more pluralistic and the central dynamic of welcoming versus rejecting religious diversity is even more prominent and nuanced. Explored here are two competing visions of the American Dream as it relates to religion: America as a pluralistic society shaped by its diversity, and America as an assimilative society in which people of all backgrounds become American.

Author Biography

E. Allen Richardson is a professor of religious studies at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foreword	p. 1
Preface	p. 3
Where Distant Gods Collide	p. 7
One Nation - Divisible	p. 52
Melting Pot and Mosaic	p. 105
Pluralism and Denominationalism	p. 130
Pluralism and Conflict	p. 168
The Dynamics of American Pluralism in a Post-9/11 World	p. 198
Chapter Notes	p. 221
Bibliography	p. 241
Index	p. 257
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