The Americanization of Religious Minorities: Confronting the Constitutional Order - Couverture rigide

Mazur, Eric Michael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801862205 ISBN 13 : 9780801862205

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999

Synopsis

What happens when a minority religious group's beliefs run counter to the American constitution? The author recounts the experiences of Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons and Native Americans as cases where minority religious groups seek to practice their faith within an incompatible constitutional order. Eric Michael Mazur identifies three basic strategies these minority religious groups can follow: establishing a separate peace; accommodating their theology to political realities; and engaging in sustained conflict. He shows that, in order to practice its faith without hindrance from the law, a religious minority must somehow buy into the principles and values of America's constitutional government. Mazur concludes that the closer a minority's beliefs are to Protestant Christianity, the easier the accommodation. Throughout, he emphasizes a religious minority's own experience in dealing with this problem.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Eric Michael Mazur is an assistant professor of religion at Bucknell University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801862205
• ISBN 13: 9780801862205
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 200
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• Personne responsable: non disponible