Beyond Tolerance Searching for Interfaith Understanding in America

by Niebuhr, Gustav

• ISBN13: 9780670019564
• ISBN10: 0670019569
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781440630088
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-31
• Publisher: Viking Adult
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Summary

Gustav Niebuhr - grandson of renowned religious thinker Reinhold Niebuhr, and grandnephew of renowned ethicist Helmut Reinhold Niebuhr - a former New York Times Religion reporter takes the reader on a hopeful journey through America's religious heartland, shining a light on the multitude of congregations that are reaching across theological boundaries not with tolerance, but with respect. 

Author Biography

Gustav Niebuhr is the former religion reporter for The New York Times and an associate professor at Syracuse University. He has written for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He is a frequent commentator on NPR-'s All Things Considered.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: On Doubt and Conversion	p. xv
Under the Pillar of Smoke	p. 1
Beyond Toleration	p. 36
An Idea Revived for the Battlefield	p. 60
Hospitality	p. 85
An Era of Conversation	p. 123
Gatekeepers	p. 160
Conclusion: Words over Bullets	p. 184
Acknowledgments	p. 197
Notes	p. 198
Bibliography	p. 208
Index	p. 213
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