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Defining Religious Pluralism in America: A Regional Analysis

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  • Mark Silk

    (Trinity College, Hartford)

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In any given time and place, religious pluralism reflects a set of cultural attitudes about the nature and role of religion in society. Prior to World War II, religious pluralism in the United States was conceived as a two-tiered system, with nondenominational Protestantism in the top tier and other legitimate religious groups—Catholics, Jews, Eastern Orthodox, Mormons—relegated to a second tier. Since the war, American society has experimented with several different models, each of which derives from an approach to religious pluralism rooted in a particular region of the country.

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  • Mark Silk, 2007. "Defining Religious Pluralism in America: A Regional Analysis," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 612(1), pages 62-81, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:612:y:2007:i:1:p:62-81
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716207301060
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    general Christianity; religion and region;

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