Defining Religious Pluralism in America
A Regional Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5824542 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Silk (Trinity College, Hartford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 612 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 62-81 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716207301060 |
| OpenAlex | W2127267055 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 10 |
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
Cultural pluralism · Pluralism · Religious diversity · Religious pluralism · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Religion and Society Interactions
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2022 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |