The Challenge of Religious Pluralism: The Association Between Interfaith Contact and Religious Pluralism

This research contributes to increasing understanding of the ways in which Christians think about religious pluralism in the United States. It does so by empirically uncovering the relationship between inter-faith contact and the willingness of white Christians to support tenets of religious plurali...

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Autori: Brown, R. Khari (Autore) ; Brown, Ronald E. (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Springer 2011
In: Review of religious research
Anno: 2011, Volume: 53, Fascicolo: 3, Pagine: 323-340
Altre parole chiave:B Inter-faith attitudes
B Inter-group contact
B Religious Pluralism
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Riepilogo:This research contributes to increasing understanding of the ways in which Christians think about religious pluralism in the United States. It does so by empirically uncovering the relationship between inter-faith contact and the willingness of white Christians to support tenets of religious pluralism. To that end, this study largely intimates that religious identity reinforces a dualistic world view. For white Christians, it is likely that contact with Jews and not Muslims is salient to their religious pluralist understandings. Nonetheless, more so than other Christians, Evangelicals tend to embrace a theology that views their belief system as being in conflict and competition with non-Christians. To that end, it is plausible that even when Christians have positive contact experiences with Jews and Muslims, Evangelicals are less willing than are other Christians to recognize them as members of the American religious polity.
ISSN:2211-4866
Comprende:Enthalten in: Review of religious research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s13644-011-0014-5