Beyond Toleration: The Religious Origins of American Pluralism - Beneke, Chris

Clean, tight, unmarked; small owner's stamp on ffep; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; 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, Lutherans Huguenots, Dunker, Jews, Moravians and Mennonites populated the nation's towns and villages. What allowed people of so many faiths to forge a nation together? In this richly told story of ideas, Beneke demonstrates how early Americans learned to live with differences in matters of the highest importance to them - and how they found a way to express those differences civilly.
Near Fine
Soft cover
Oxford University Press
2008
New York, NY