Defining Religious Pluralism in America: A Regional Analysis

In any given time and place, religious pluralism reflects a set of cultural attitudes about the nature and role of religion in society. Prior to World War II, religious pluralism in the United States was conceived as a two-tiered system, with nondenominational Protestantism in the top tier and other...

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Main Author: Silk, Mark 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2007
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Year: 2007, Volume: 612, Issue: 1, Pages: 62-81
Further subjects:B religion and region
B general Christianity
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Summary:In any given time and place, religious pluralism reflects a set of cultural attitudes about the nature and role of religion in society. Prior to World War II, religious pluralism in the United States was conceived as a two-tiered system, with nondenominational Protestantism in the top tier and other legitimate religious groups—Catholics, Jews, Eastern Orthodox, Mormons—relegated to a second tier. Since the war, American society has experimented with several different models, each of which derives from an approach to religious pluralism rooted in a particular region of the country.
ISSN:1552-3349
Contains:Enthalten in: American Academy of Political and Social Science, The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0002716207301060