Religious intolerance in America [[electronic resource] ] : a documentary history / / edited by John Corrigan and Lynn S. Neal

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458873803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2010
• ISBN: 1-4696-0409-4; 0-8078-9595-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): CorriganJohn <1952->; NealLynn S
• Disciplina: 200.973
• Soggetti: Discrimination - United States; Religious tolerance - United States; Electronic books.; United States Religion
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Religious intolerance in colonial America -- Anti-Catholicism -- Anti-Mormonism -- Intolerance toward nineteenth-century religious groups -- Intolerance toward Native American religions -- Anti-semitism -- Intolerance toward "new" religions in the twentieth century -- The Branch Davidians and Waco : the culmination of religious intolerance -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Web resources for combating religious intolerance.
• Sommario/riassunto: American narratives often celebrate the nation's rich heritage of religious freedom. There is, however, a less told and often ignored part of the story: the ways that intolerance and cultures of hate have manifested themselves within American religious history and culture.In the first ever documentary survey of religious intolerance from the colonial era to the present, volume editors John Corrigan and Lynn S. Neal define religious intolerance and explore its history and manifestations, including hate speech, discrimination, incarceration, expulsion, and violence. Organized thematicall