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key	IRIH8KQS
title	God and Apple Pie : Religious Myths and Visions of America
author	Buck, Christopher
authority control	Christopher Buck
item type	Book
publication year	2015
date	2015
ISBN	1-891928-15-5 978-1-891928-15-4
abstract note	Christopher Buck examines the distinctive perspectives held by ten religious traditions that inform and expand on the notion of America and its place in the world. He covers Native American, Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Mormon, Christian Identity, Black Muslim, Islamic, Buddhist, and Bahá’í beliefs and invites serious reflection on what it means to be an American, particularly from a religious perspective. At the heart of American studies is the idea of America itself. Here, Buck looks at the religious significance of America by examining those religions that have attached some kind of spiritual meaning to America. The author explores how American Protestantism and nine minority faiths have projected America into the mainstream of world history by defining—and redefining— America’s world role. Surveying the religious myths and visions of America relative to these ten religions, Buck shows how minority faiths have redefined America’s sense of national purpose. Religious myths of America are thought-orienting narratives that serve as vehicles of spiritual and social truths about the United States itself. Religious visions of America are action-oriented agendas that articulate the goals to which America should aspire and the role it should play in the community of nations.
number pages	xiv, 424
publisher	Educator's International Press
place	[Kingston, NY]
language	English
manual tags	RELIGION; UNITED STATES; MYTHOLOGY
in catalog	God and Apple Pie

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