"Religious outsiders" as seen through the eyes of Euro-American
Christians are nothing new, but the growing range of religious
diversity in the United States has reached new heights of
visibility as well as deeper intensities of tension. As U.S.
communities of Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and Sikhs strengthen,
evangelical and fundamentalist Christians wrestle for America's
soul and control of the country's religious identity.
In this tumultuous environment, can Americans truly embrace a
more widespread religious pluralism, which can be incorporated into
the nation's civil religious symbolism and genuinely affirmed in
public rituals? Religiously, can we as Americans rethink our
identity and view ourselves as a "multireligious nation" and not
simply as Christian or Judeo-Christian? And how does religious
pluralism dovetail with the idea of multiculturalism?
The articles in this volume of The ANNALS explore these and
other key questions by examining the contemporary religious climate
in the United States. Specifically, readers will gain a better
understanding of how faith communities are pulled into networks and
niches that bond them with some traditions while dividing them from
others. Organized into three major topics, the articles in this
volume delve into this urgent topic of our day and offer valuable
insights in the following areas:
I. Broad Perspectives - Providing a solid foundation, this
opening section lays the groundwork for clarifying this complex
issue. The articles in this section examine religious pluralism
through historical, social, and cultural lenses while exploring the
persuasive power of rhetoric and symbol, in both the religious and
civic realms.
II. Region and Religion - The papers in this section point to
the importance of regional history and culture in shaping differing
styles of pluralism within America.
III. Minority & Immigrant Experiences - Focusing on
contemporary immigrant and minority groups in the United States,
these articles reflect on the experiences of Muslims, Orthodox
Jews, and Latino religions as well as the role of interfaith
leaders in the 2005/2006 immigration reform debate.
IV. Institutional Patterns - Examining creative ways that
pluralism is flourishing within the United States, these articles
provide a framework for future interfaith dialog.
Social scientists, religious scholars, policy makers, and the
informed public will find this volume of The ANNALS to be a
valuable resource that distills this complex and sometimes cloudy
issue of religious pluralism.
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