Religion and public life in the Middle Atlantic region : the fount of diversity

edited by Randall Balmer and Mark Silk.
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Resource Type:
Book
Publication:
Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, [2006]
Copyright Notice:
2006
Physical Description:
178 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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BL2527.M52 R45 2006

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Series Title:
Religion by region ; 7.
Note:
"Published in cooperation with the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut."
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (page 167) and index.
Contents:
Introduction-The Proving Ground for Pluralism / Randall Balmer -- Religious Affiliation in the Middle Atlantic Region and the Nation-Religious Self-Identification and Adherents Claimed by Religious Groups, National and Regional Comparisons -- The Religious Diversity of an Immigrant Region / Vivian Z. Klaff -- Protestants in the Middle Atlantic Region / James Hudnut-Beumler -- Catholicism in the Middle Atlantic / James T. Fisher -- Jews-Middle Atlantic and Beyond / Lawrence Grossman -- Religions of Immigrants in the Mid-Atlantic States / Wendy Cadge -- Conclusion-The Pluralist Imperative / Randall Balmer.
Summary:
The Middle Atlantic region's religious diversity began in the seventeenth century and continues today. European religious minorities recognized the need to tolerate other faiths if they themselves were to be tolerated. From Quaker Pennsylvania to English-Catholic Maryland to New York with no state religion, the Middle Atlantic colonies inspired the framers of the Constitution to keep a wall of sepration between religion and government. But the religious diversity of the region is tempered by the many religious institutions that have centers in the area, especially in Washington, D.C. and New York City. The diversity here is due less to fluid identities and emerging religions than to many established religious institutions recognizing and tolerating each other. Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish traditions function alongside each other here and they make room for the religions of new immigrants.
Subject:
ISBN:
  • 9780759106369
  • 0759106363
  • 9780759106376
  • 0759106371
LC Classification:
BL2527.M52 R45 2006
Catalog Record ID:
991012923529703811
Language:
English
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