Includes bibliographical references (pages199-208) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : the Gilded Age crisis of faith and the reevaluation of religious pluralism -- Twilight faith : the embrace of doubt as the embrace of diversity -- Correcting Elijah's mistake : the liberal Protestant embrace of comparative religion -- An expansive Kingdom of God : the articulation of Protestant-Catholic-Jewish commonality -- Drawing together : the cooperative impulse in liberal religious thought -- Of union and unity : the quest for a Christian wholeness -- Proclaiming common ground : the goodwill movement and the shaping of a Jewish-Christian America -- Epilogue : making religious pluralism an American value.
Summary:
Examines the period between 1875 and 1925 when liberal Protestant leaders abandoned religious exclusivism and leveraged their influence to affirm that all religious traditions had social value, leading to a reconsideration of ethnic, racial, and cultural differences.
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