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Religious Intolerance in America: A Documentary History

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Edited by John Corrigan and Lynn S. Neal
2010
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American narratives often celebrate the nation's rich heritage of religious freedom. There is, however, a less told and often ignored part of the story: the ways that intolerance and cultures of hate have manifested themselves within American religious history and culture.

In the first ever documentary survey of religious intolerance from the colonial era to the present, volume editors John Corrigan and Lynn S. Neal define religious intolerance and explore its history and manifestations, including hate speech, discrimination, incarceration, expulsion, and violence. Organized thematically, the volume combines the editors' discussion with more than 150 striking primary texts and pictures that document intolerance toward a variety of religious traditions. Moving from anti-Catholic Ku Klux Klan propaganda to mob attacks on Mormons, the lynching of Leo Frank, the kidnapping of "cult" members, and many other episodes, the volume concludes with a chapter addressing the changing face of religious intolerance in the twenty-first century, with examples of how the problem continues to this day.

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication, Quote

Contents

Acknowledgments

pp. xi-xiv

Introduction

pp. 1-16

ONE: Religious Intolerance in Colonial America

pp. 17-48

TWO: Anti-Catholicism

pp. 49-72

THREE: Anti-Mormonism

pp. 73-98

FOUR: Intolerance toward Nineteenth-Century Religious Groups

pp. 99-124

FIVE: Intolerance toward Native American Religions

pp. 125-146

SIX: Anti-Semitism

pp. 147-180

SEVEN: Intolerance toward “New” Religions in the Twentieth Century

pp. 181-214

EIGHT: The Branch Davidians and Waco: The Culmination of Religious Intolerance

pp. 215-246

Conclusion

pp. 247-266

Appendix: Web Resources for Combating Religious Intolerance

pp. 267-268

Notes

pp. 269-276

Index

pp. 277-290
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