Religious Intolerance, America, and the World - A History of Forgetting and Remembering

Informationen zum Autor John Corrigan is the Lucius Moody Bristol Distinguished Professor of Religion and professor of history at Florida State University. He is the author of Emptiness: Feeling Christian in America , also published by the University of Chicago Press. Klappentext "American politics and culture are rife with people or groups demonizing others by projecting their own qualities onto them-from the cries of oppression heard at "tiki riots" to "No puppet, you're the puppet." But as John Corrigan shows, this isn't merely aggravating social behavior or transparent political maneuvering; it's a misdirected expression of trauma that is endemic to American institutions, American conceptions of self, and American history. Time and again, Corrigan shows, American churches in particular have campaigned against intolerance elsewhere even as they have abetted or performed it at home"--

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• Authors: John Corrigan, John (Florida State University Corrigan
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780226313931
• ISBN: 978-0-226-31393-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; USA, RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / United States / General, Christianity, History of Religion, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict