Accidental Pluralism
Accidental Pluralism

Author: Evan Haefeli

Publisher: American Beginnings

Published: 2021-04-15

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780226742618

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"Evan Haefeli argues that America's professed religious tolerance arose out of necessity, since no standard could prevail on its polyglot immigrants. More important, Haefeli ties the emergence of religious toleration to events worldwide, creating a true transnationalist history that links developing American realities to political and social conflicts and resolutions in Europe, showing the ways in which the codification of relationships among states, churches, and publics was endlessly contested in the colonial era. This is an ambitious attempt to reconcile our understandings of power-secular and otherwise- and refine our narratives about what came to be seen as American values"--

Accidental Pluralism
Accidental Pluralism

Author: Evan Haefeli

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2021-04-15

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 022674275X

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The United States has long been defined by its religious diversity and recurrent public debates over the religious and political values that define it. In Accidental Pluralism, Evan Haefeli argues that America did not begin as a religiously diverse and tolerant society. It became so only because England’s religious unity collapsed just as America was being colonized. By tying the emergence of American religious toleration to global events, Haefeli creates a true transnationalist history that links developing American realities to political and social conflicts and resolutions in Europe, showing how the relationships among states, churches, and publics were contested from the beginning of the colonial era and produced a society that no one had anticipated. Accidental Pluralism is an ambitious and comprehensive new account of the origins of American religious life that compels us to refine our narratives about what came to be seen as American values and their distinct relationship to religion and politics.

Confident Pluralism
Confident Pluralism

Author: John D. Inazu

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2016-05-12

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 022636545X

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"In Confident Pluralism, John D. Inazu analyzes the current state of the country, orients the contemporary United States within its broader history, and explores the ways that Americans can—and must—live together peaceably despite these deeply engrained differences. Pluralism is one of the founding creeds of the United States—yet America’s society and legal system continues to face deep, unsolved structural problems in dealing with differing cultural anxieties, and minority viewpoints. Inazu not only argues that it is possible to cohabitate peacefully in this country, but also lays out realistic guidelines for our society and legal system to achieve the new American dream through civic practices that value toleration over protest, humility over defensiveness, and persuasion over coercion"--cover page verso.

In Defense of Pluralism
In Defense of Pluralism

Author: Éric Montpetit

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-04-07

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1316565394

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The work of early pluralist thinkers, from Arthur Bentley to Robert Dahl, inspired much optimism about democracy. They argued that democracy was functioning well, despite disagreements arising among the diversity of interests represented in policy-making processes. Yet it is unlikely that anyone paying attention to news coverage today would share such optimism. The media portray current policy-making processes as intractably polarized, devoid of any opportunity to move forward and adopt essential policy changes. This book aims to revive our long-lost sense of optimism about policy-making and democracy. Through original research into biotechnology policy-making in North America and Europe, Éric Montpetit shows that the depiction of policy-making offered by early pluralist thinkers is not so far off the present reality. Today's policy decision-making process - complete with disagreement among the participants - is consistent with what might be expected in a pluralist society, in sharp contrast with the negative image projected by the media.

Rethinking Pluralism
Rethinking Pluralism

Author: Adam B. Seligman

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-09-06

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0199915261

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'Rethinking Pluralism' suggests a new approach to the problem of ambiguity and social order, which goes beyond the default modern position of 'notation' (resort to rules and categories to disambiguate). The book argues that alternative, more particularistic modes of dealing with ambiguity through ritual and shared experience better attune to contemporary problems of living with difference.

The Pluralist Game
The Pluralist Game

Author: Francis Canavan

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780847680931

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The "pluralist game," the way in which we attempt to resolve the problems arising out of our pluralism through the political and judicial processes, necessarily engages the citizens of our society. This book brings together 14 essays from a leading Catholic political theorist to address the central issue of American theological, political, and social thought: the relationship between religion, morals, law, and public policy in a pluralistic liberal society.

Law and Religion in Colonial America
Law and Religion in Colonial America

Author: Scott Douglas Gerber

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-09-30

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 1009289055

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By focusing on law, this book offers new insights into the history of religious liberty in colonial America.

Caribbean Lutherans
Caribbean Lutherans

Author: José David Rodríguez

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1506496180

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Caribbean Lutherans tells the story of the Lutheran church in Puerto Rico from a Caribbean perspective. Rodríguez intersperses archival research with cogent commentary and personal accounts, highlighting the power and agency of Puerto Rican and West Indian Lutherans amid the multifaceted legacy of Euro-American missionary efforts on the island. Readers may not be surprised to learn that the first Lutheran missionary in Puerto Rico was a Swedish American Lutheran; they may not be aware, however, that his welcome and success on the island were dependent on the hospitality of an Afro-Caribbean tailor from Jamaica. A winding journey of interactions among American Lutheran synods and a growing Puerto Rican church generated partnerships, tensions, and possibilities that continue to the present. Puerto Rico and neighboring islands joined the United Lutheran Church in America as the Caribbean Synod in 1952. Today, they remain part of the current Evangelical Lutheran Church in America while many other Protestant denominations on the island have formed Puerto Rican "national" churches. Rodríguez explores the continuing tensions inherent in this legacy, bringing both academic expertise and personal experience to this first comprehensive account of the Lutheran church in Puerto Rico.

How Capitalism Was Built
How Capitalism Was Built

Author: Anders Aslund

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1107026547

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This second edition updates all chapters and covers the impacts of the global financial crisis and the European Union.