Religious intolerance, America, and the world: a history of forgetting and remembering

Introduction: Religious intolerance, trauma, and the international -- Proscribing Amalekites : violence, remembering, and forgetting in early America -- Projections : Antebellum Americans and the overseas crisis -- Protections : The nineteenth century turns--to the South -- Pursuits : The Cold War...

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Autore principale: Corrigan, John 1952- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Digitale/Stampa Libro
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Chicago London University of Chicago Press 2020
In:Anno: 2020
Recensioni:[Rezension von: Corrigan, John, 1952-, Religious intolerance, America, and the world] (2022) (Smith, David A., 1967 -)
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B USA / Intolleranza / Violenza / Religione / Storia
Notazioni IxTheo:AD Sociologia delle religioni
AG Vita religiosa
Altre parole chiave:B Toleration (United States) History
B Protestants (United States) Attitudes
B United States Religione
B Christians (United States) Attitudes
B Persecution Public opinion
B Religion and international relations (United States) Public opinion
B Toleration (United States) Religious aspects History
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Riepilogo:Introduction: Religious intolerance, trauma, and the international -- Proscribing Amalekites : violence, remembering, and forgetting in early America -- Projections : Antebellum Americans and the overseas crisis -- Protections : The nineteenth century turns--to the South -- Pursuits : The Cold War and the hunt for intolerance -- Persecutions : The importation of intolerance in the twenty-first century.
"American politics and culture are rife with people or groups demonizing others by projecting their own qualities onto them-from the cries of oppression heard at "tiki riots" to "No puppet, you're the puppet." But as John Corrigan shows, this isn't merely aggravating social behavior or transparent political maneuvering; it's a misdirected expression of trauma that is endemic to American institutions, American conceptions of self, and American history. Time and again, Corrigan shows, American churches in particular have campaigned against intolerance elsewhere even as they have abetted or performed it at home"--
Descrizione del documento:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:022631393X
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226314099.001.0001