Saving faith :
Mislin, David,
Saving faith : making religious pluralism an American value at the dawn of the secular age / David Mislin. - 1 online resource
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.
9780801453946 0801453941 9781501701436 1501701436
22573/ctt15f3bcd JSTOR
1800-1999
Religious pluralism--History.--United States
Protestantism--History.--United States
Liberalism (Religion)--Protestant churches--History.
Christianity and other religions--United States.
RELIGION--Christianity--History.
HISTORY--United States--20th Century.
Christianity.
Interfaith relations.
Liberalism (Religion)--Protestant churches.
Protestantism.
Religious pluralism.
United States--Church history--19th century.
United States--Church history--20th century.
United States.
Electronic books.
Church history.
History.
BL2525 / .M57 2015
277.3/08
Saving faith : making religious pluralism an American value at the dawn of the secular age / David Mislin. - 1 online resource
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.
9780801453946 0801453941 9781501701436 1501701436
22573/ctt15f3bcd JSTOR
1800-1999
Religious pluralism--History.--United States
Protestantism--History.--United States
Liberalism (Religion)--Protestant churches--History.
Christianity and other religions--United States.
RELIGION--Christianity--History.
HISTORY--United States--20th Century.
Christianity.
Interfaith relations.
Liberalism (Religion)--Protestant churches.
Protestantism.
Religious pluralism.
United States--Church history--19th century.
United States--Church history--20th century.
United States.
Electronic books.
Church history.
History.
BL2525 / .M57 2015
277.3/08
