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- Title
The Rhetoric of American Exceptionalism in the Interfaith Movement in the United States.
- Authors
Numrich, Paul D.
- Abstract
Two aspects of the rhetoric of American exceptionalism have informed the interfaith movement in the United States for more than a century: (1) America is an exceptional society with an exceptional religious system, and (2) America has a global mission. This article traces the rhetoric of American exceptionalism in four interfaith cases: the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Pluralism Project at Harvard University, and the Tri-Faith Initiative of Omaha, Nebraska. Two supportable claims can be made: The modern interfaith movement originated in the exceptional social and civic context of the U.S. and subsequently emerged in comparable social and civic contexts.
- Subjects
AMERICAN exceptionalism; RELIGIOUS diversity; WORLD'S Parliament of Religions (1893 : Chicago, Ill.); SOCIAL context; NATIONAL Conference of Christians &; Jews
- Publication
Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 2019, Vol 54, Issue 1, p74
- ISSN
0022-0558
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ecu.2019.0004