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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788253803321

Titolo

American religious liberalism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Leigh E. Schmidt and Sally M. Promey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-282-24194-X

9786613813060

0-253-00218-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 p.)

Collana

Religion in North America

Altri autori (Persone)

SchmidtLeigh Eric

PromeySally M. <1953->

Disciplina

200.973

Soggetti

Liberalism (Religion) - United States

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

pt. 1. The spiritual in art -- pt. 2. The piety and politics of liberal ecumenism -- pt. 3. Prgamatism, secularism, and internationalism.

Sommario/riassunto

Religious liberalism in America has often been equated with an ecumenical Protestant establishment. By contrast, American Religious Liberalism draws attention to the broad diversity of liberal cultures that shapes America's religious movements. The essays gathered here push beyond familiar tropes and boundaries to interrogate religious liberalism's dense cultural leanings by looking at spirituality in the arts, the politics and piety of religious cosmopolitanism, and the interaction between liberal religion and liberal secularism. Readers will find a kaleidoscopic view of many of the progre