Religious Myths and Visions of America: How Minority Faiths Redefined America's World Role

Religious Myths and Visions of America: How Minority Faiths Redefined America's World Role image
ISBN-10:

0313359598

ISBN-13:

9780313359590

Author(s): Christopher Buck
Edition: First Edition
Released: Apr 30, 2009
Publisher: Praeger
Format: Hardcover, 324 pages
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Description:

1: America: Nation and Notion
  • CIVIL MYTHS OF AMERICA AND CIVIL RELIGION
  • RELIGIOUS MYTHS AND VISIONS OF AMERICA
  • RACIAL MYTHS AND VISIONS OF AMERICA
2: Native American Myths and Visions of America
  • TURTLE ISLAND MYTH AND MYTH OF MOTHER EARTH
  • DEGANAWIDAH LEGEND
  • IROQUOIS INFLUENCE THESIS: MYTH OR HISTORY?
3. Protestant Myths and Visions of America
  • PURITAN MYTH OF AMERICA
  • MANIFEST DESTINY MYTH
  • CURSE OF HAM MYTH
  • AFRICAN AMERICAN EXODUS COUNTER-MYTH
4. Catholic Myths and Visions of America
  • PAPAL PRAISE OF AMERICA
  • AMERICANIST MYTH OF AMERICA
  • PAPAL RESPONSES TO AMERICANIST MYTH OF AMERICA
  • CAN AMERICANIST MYTH OF AMERICA BECOME A REALITY?
5. Jewish Myths and Visions of America
  • JEWISH VISIONS OF AMERICA AS A MIRROR OF JEWISH IDEOLOGIES
  • JEWISH MYTH OF AMERICA AS PROMISED LAND
  • JEWISH MYTH OF COLUMBUS
  • JEWISH PRAYERS FOR AMERICA: COMMUNAL VISIONS OF AMERICA
  • ORTHODOX JUDAISM'S TRADITIONAL PRAYER FOR GOVERNMENT
  • CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM'S VISION OF AMERICA
  • REFORM JUDAISM'S VISION OF AMERICA
  • RECONSTRUCTIONIST JUDAISM'S VISION OF AMERICA
  • JEWISH AMERICANISM: CULT OF SYNTHESIS
6. Mormon Myths and Visions of America
  • GARDEN OF EDEN MYTH
  • LOST TRIBES MYTH COLUMBUS MYTH
  • CONSTITUTION MYTH
  • FOUNDING FATHERS MYTH
  • THEODEMOCRACY MYTH
  • AMERICA AS ZION MYTH
  • MARK OF CAIN MYTH
7. Christian Identity Myths and Visions of America
  • TWO-SEED MYTH
  • MUD RACES MYTH
  • LOST TRIBES MYTH
  • WHITE HOMELAND MYTH
  • RACIAL HOLY WAR MYTH
8. Black Muslim Myths and Visions of America
  • YACUB MYTH
  • MOTHER PLANE MYTH
  • DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA MYTH
9. Contemporary Muslim Myths and Visions of America
  • GREAT SATAN MYTH
  • AXIS OF EVIL COUNTER-MYTH
  • EFFORTS TO DISPEL GREAT SATAN MYTH AND TO MINIMIZE FALLOUT FROM AXIS OF EVIL MYTH
10. Buddhist Myths and Visions of America
  • SOKA GAKKAI'S MYTH OF AMERICA'S SECOND RENAISSANCE
  • ROBERT THURMAN'S MYTH OF AMERICA'S SECOND RENAISSANCE
  • DALAI LAMA'S BUDDHIST DEMOCRACY MYTH AND VISION OF AMERICA'S WORLD ROLE
11. Baha'i Myths and Visions of America
  • BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE BAHA'I FAITH
  • BAHA'I MYTHS AS A "SACRED HISTORY" OF AMERICA
  • BAHA'I EMANCIPATION/CIVIL WAR MYTH
  • BAHA'I WILSONIAN MYTH
  • BAHA'I VISION OF DESTINY OF AMERICA
12. Conclusion: How Minority Faiths Redefined America's World Role
  • RELIGIOUS MYTHS AND VISIONS OF AMERICA RECAPITULATED
  • OVERVIEW OF AMERICA'S WORLD ROLE
  • FINAL REFLECTIONS: A WORLD CIVIL RELIGION?

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