Religious intolerance, America, and the world: a history of forgetting and remembering

Introduction: Religious intolerance, trauma, and the international -- Proscribing Amalekites : violence, remembering, and forgetting in early America -- Projections : Antebellum Americans and the overseas crisis -- Protections : The nineteenth century turns--to the South -- Pursuits : The Cold War...

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Main Author: Corrigan, John 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Chicago London University of Chicago Press 2020
In:Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Corrigan, John, 1952-, Religious intolerance, America, and the world] (2022) (Smith, David A., 1967 -)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Intolerance / Violence / Religion / History
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
Further subjects:B Toleration (United States) History
B Protestants (United States) Attitudes
B Christians (United States) Attitudes
B United States Religion
B Persecution Public opinion
B Religion and international relations (United States) Public opinion
B Toleration (United States) Religious aspects History
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Summary:Introduction: Religious intolerance, trauma, and the international -- Proscribing Amalekites : violence, remembering, and forgetting in early America -- Projections : Antebellum Americans and the overseas crisis -- Protections : The nineteenth century turns--to the South -- Pursuits : The Cold War and the hunt for intolerance -- Persecutions : The importation of intolerance in the twenty-first century.
"American politics and culture are rife with people or groups demonizing others by projecting their own qualities onto them-from the cries of oppression heard at "tiki riots" to "No puppet, you're the puppet." But as John Corrigan shows, this isn't merely aggravating social behavior or transparent political maneuvering; it's a misdirected expression of trauma that is endemic to American institutions, American conceptions of self, and American history. Time and again, Corrigan shows, American churches in particular have campaigned against intolerance elsewhere even as they have abetted or performed it at home"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:022631393X
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226314099.001.0001