142 Pages
by
Routledge
142 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
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Providing a historical context, this book examines the challenges that pluralism presents to denominationalism and civil religion and considers the contributions secularism and the New Age movement have made to the culture of religious pluralism.
Explorations: Contemporary Perspectives on Religion -- For Cynthia -- preface -- Diversity and Pluralism: An Introduction -- Conquest and Conversion: Models of Response to Diversity -- The Denominational Model: From Dissent to Commonality -- Diversity and the Public Order: The Way of Civil Religion -- Race, Gender, and Ethnicity -- Secularity and Diversity -- The New Age as a Festival of Diversity -- The Mandate of Pluralism -- About the Book and Author
Biography
Richard E. Wentz is professor of religious studies at Arizona State University.