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LEADER: 01614nam a22003138a 4500
001 2009044642
003 DLC
005 20091030171051.0
008 091022s2010 ncu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009044642
020 $a9780786435395 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aE184.A1$bR47 2010
082 00 $a305.800973$222
100 1 $aRichardson, E. Allen,$d1947-
245 10 $aStrangers in this land :$breligion, pluralism, and the American dream /$cE. Allen Richardson ; foreword by Diana L. Eck.
250 $aRev. ed.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland,$c2010.
263 $a1001
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"This updated, revised edition of the important 1988 work examines the complex relationship between American ideals and increasing religious diversity. Explored here are two competing visions of the American Dream as it relates to religion: America as a pluralistic society shaped by its diversity, and America as an assimilative society in which people of all backgrounds become 'American.'"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
505 0 $aWhere distant gods collid -- One nation-divisible -- Melting pot and mosaic -- Pluralism and denominationalism -- Pluralism and conflict -- The dynamics of American pluralism in a post-9/11 world.
651 0 $aUnited States$xEthnic relations.
651 0 $aUnited States$xRace relations.
650 0 $aCultural pluralism$zUnited States.
650 0 $aReligious pluralism$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xReligion.