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Author Mislin, David, author.

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

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language In English.
Subject Religious pluralism -- United States -- History.
Religious pluralism.
United States.
History.
Protestantism -- United States -- History.
Protestantism.
Liberalism (Religion) -- Protestant churches -- History.
Liberalism (Religion) -- Protestant churches.
Christianity and other religions -- United States.
Christianity and other religions.
United States -- Church history -- 19th century.
Church history.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject United States -- Church history -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Church history.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Mislin, David. Saving faith 9780801453946 (DLC) 2015012100 (OCoLC)906295117
ISBN 9780801453946 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0801453941
9781501701436
1501701436
Standard No. 10.7591/9781501701436