Author
Chris Beneke
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Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
October 2006
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At its founding, the United States was one of the most religiously diverse places in the world. Baptists, Methodists, Catholics, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Quakers, Dutch Reformed, German Reformed, Lutherans, Huguenots, Dunkers, Jews, Moravians, and Mennonites populated the nation's towns and villages. Dozens of new denominations would emerge over the succeeding years. What allowed people of so many different faiths to forge a nation together? In this richly told story of ideas, Chris Beneke demonstrates how the United States managed to overcome the religious violence and bigotry that characterized much of early modern Europe and America. The key, Beneke argues, did not lie solely in the protection of religious freedom. Instead, he reveals how American culture was transformed to accomodate the religious differences within it. The expansion of individual rights, the mixing of believers and churches in the same institutions, and the introduction of more civility into public life all played an instrumental role in creating the religious pluralism for which the United States has become renowned.These changes also established important precedents for future civil rights movements in which dignity, as much as equality, would be at stake. Beyond Toleration is the first book to offer a systemic explanation of how early Americans learned to live with differences in matters of the highest importance to them - and how they found a way to articulate these differences civilly. Today when religious conflicts once again pose a grave danger to democratic experiments across the globe, Beneke's book serves as a timely reminder of how one country moved past toleration and towards religous pluralism.
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Author
Chris Beneke
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
October 2006
Weight
595g
Page Count
320
Dimensions
156 x 234 x 20 mm
ISBN
9780195305555
ISBN-10
0195305558
Eden Code
1190508
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Author/Creator: Chris Beneke
ISBN: 9780195305555
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: October 2006
Weight: 595g
Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 20 mm
Eden Code: 1190508
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