LEADER 04661nam 2200685 450 001 9910461406403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-0142-8 010 $a1-5017-0143-6 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501701436 035 $a(CKB)3710000000483177 035 $a(EBL)4189248 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001552376 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16171258 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001552376 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14812958 035 $a(PQKB)10204140 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001516992 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4189248 035 $a(OCoLC)922889340 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46804 035 $a(DE-B1597)478329 035 $a(OCoLC)979625021 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501701436 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000483177 100 $a20151223h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSaving faith $emaking religious pluralism an American value at the dawn of the secular age /$fDavid Mislin 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8014-5394-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction: The Gilded Age Crisis of Faith and the Reevaluation of Religious Pluralism --$t1. Twilight Faith: The Embrace of Doubt as the Embrace of Diversity --$t2. Correcting Elijah's Mistake: The Liberal Protestant Embrace of Comparative Religion --$t3. An Expansive Kingdom of God: The Articulation of Protestant- Catholic- Jewish Commonality --$t4. Drawing Together: The Cooperative Impulse in Liberal Religious Thought --$t5. A Larger Vision: The Quest for Christian Unity --$t6. Proclaiming Common Ground: The Goodwill Movement and the Shaping of a Jewish- Christian America --$tEpilogue: Making Religious Pluralism an American Value --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aIn 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 with these grave challenges, Protestant clergy and their allies realized that the successful defense of religion against secularism required a defense of all religious traditions. They affirmed the social value-and ultimately the religious truth-of Catholicism, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. They also came to view doubt and uncertainty as expressions of faith. Ultimately, the reexamination of religious difference paved the way for Protestant elites to reconsider ethnic, racial, and cultural difference. Using the manuscript collections and correspondence of leading American Protestants, as well the institutional records of various churches and religious organizations, Mislin offers insight into the historical constructions of faith and doubt, the interconnected relationship of secularism and pluralism, and the enormous influence of liberal Protestant thought on the political, cultural, and spiritual values of the twentieth-century United States. 606 $aReligious pluralism$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aProtestantism$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aLiberalism (Religion)$xProtestant churches$xHistory 606 $aChristianity and other religions$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xChurch history$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xChurch history$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aReligious pluralism$xHistory. 615 0$aProtestantism$xHistory. 615 0$aLiberalism (Religion)$xProtestant churches$xHistory. 615 0$aChristianity and other religions$xHistory. 676 $a277.3/08 700 $aMislin$b David$01042275 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461406403321 996 $aSaving faith$92466388 997 $aUNINA