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Abstract:
Survey and comparison of ten religions that feature collective religious beliefs about America's mission and destiny, particularly in terms of its world role.
Notes:
This presentation highlights the major research findings of Buck's book Religious Myths and Visions of America: How Minority Faiths redefined America's World Role (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2009); see Amazon. See also a review of this book and a course syllabus.

Presented at the Grand Canyon Bahá'í Conference, Phoenix, December 23, 2012). See also an earlier version of this presentation, from Green Lake, 2010 [PDF, 7MB].

Crossreferences:

Religious Myths and Visions of America:

How Minority Faiths Redefined America's World Role

Christopher Buck

2010/2012

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