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David Mislin - Saving Faith: Making Religious Pluralism an American Value at the Dawn of the Secular Age - 9780801453946 - V9780801453946
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Saving Faith: Making Religious Pluralism an American Value at the Dawn of the Secular Age

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Description for Saving Faith: Making Religious Pluralism an American Value at the Dawn of the Secular Age Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 457.

In Saving Faith, David Mislin chronicles the transformative historical moment when Americans began to reimagine their nation as one strengthened by the diverse faiths of its peoples. Between 1875 and 1925, liberal Protestant leaders abandoned religious exclusivism and leveraged their considerable cultural influence to push others to do the same. This reorientation came about as an ever-growing group of Americans found their religious faith under attack on social, intellectual, and political fronts. A new generation of outspoken agnostics assailed the very foundation of belief, while noted intellectuals embraced novel spiritual practices and claimed that Protestant Christianity had outlived its usefulness.Faced ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801453946
SKU
V9780801453946
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About David Mislin
David Mislin is Assistant Professor in the Intellectual Heritage Program at Temple University.

Reviews for Saving Faith: Making Religious Pluralism an American Value at the Dawn of the Secular Age
Saving Faith offers a compelling exploration of the roots of contemporary Protestantism's commitment to religious inclusivism and enriches our understanding of a crucial period in American religious history.
American Historical Review
Focusing on mainstream Protestant clergy in the US from the 1870s through the 1930s—and also devoting limited attention to liberal movements among Catholic and Jewish leaders of ... Read more

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