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

Corrigan, John, 1952-

Religious intolerance, America, and the world : a history of forgetting and remembering / John Corrigan. - Chicago : London : University of Chicago Press, 2020. - viii, 289 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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"--

9780226313931

2019031492


Toleration--Religious aspects--History.--United States
Toleration--History.--United States
Persecution--Public opinion.
Religion and international relations--Public opinion.--United States
Protestants--Attitudes.--United States
Christians--Attitudes.--United States


United States--Religion.

BR517 / .C68 2020

277.3/058