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Saving faith : making religious pluralism an American value at the dawn of the secular age / David Mislin.

By: Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801453946
  • 0801453941
  • 9781501701436
  • 1501701436
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Saving faithDDC classification:
  • 277.3/08 23
LOC classification:
  • BL2525 .M57 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : the Gilded Age crisis of faith and the reevaluation of religious pluralism -- Twilight faith : the embrace of doubt as the embrace of diversity -- Correcting Elijah's mistake : the liberal Protestant embrace of comparative religion -- An expansive Kingdom of God : the articulation of Protestant-Catholic-Jewish commonality -- Drawing together : the cooperative impulse in liberal religious thought -- Of union and unity : the quest for a Christian wholeness -- Proclaiming common ground : the goodwill movement and the shaping of a Jewish-Christian America -- Epilogue : making religious pluralism an American value.
Summary: Examines the period between 1875 and 1925 when liberal Protestant leaders abandoned religious exclusivism and leveraged their influence to affirm that all religious traditions had social value, leading to a reconsideration of ethnic, racial, and cultural differences.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages199-208) and index.

Introduction : the Gilded Age crisis of faith and the reevaluation of religious pluralism -- Twilight faith : the embrace of doubt as the embrace of diversity -- Correcting Elijah's mistake : the liberal Protestant embrace of comparative religion -- An expansive Kingdom of God : the articulation of Protestant-Catholic-Jewish commonality -- Drawing together : the cooperative impulse in liberal religious thought -- Of union and unity : the quest for a Christian wholeness -- Proclaiming common ground : the goodwill movement and the shaping of a Jewish-Christian America -- Epilogue : making religious pluralism an American value.

Examines the period between 1875 and 1925 when liberal Protestant leaders abandoned religious exclusivism and leveraged their influence to affirm that all religious traditions had social value, leading to a reconsideration of ethnic, racial, and cultural differences.

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