| Description |
xiv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-231) and index. |
| Summary |
Traces the arc of American religious discrimination, revealing a disturbing pattern of religious intolerance, from colonial anti-Quaker sentiment and Judaism to today's Muslims, Sikhs, and other religious groups under fire. |
| Contents |
Heretics! Blasphemers! Witches!: Quakers in Colonial America -- Un-American and Un-Christian: Irish Catholics -- Heathens: The Sioux and the Ghost Dance -- A Race Apart: Jews in the Eyes of the Ku Klux Klan, Henry Ford, and the Government -- Fanatics: Secular Fears and Mormon Political Candidates from Joseph Smith Jr. to Mitt Romney -- It's Not a Religion, It's a Cult: The Branch Davidians -- The Sum of All Fears: Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Sentiment Today. |
| Local Note |
STJONEW |
| Subject |
United States -- Religion -- History.
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Religious discrimination -- United States -- History.
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Religious tolerance -- United States -- History.
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Religions -- Relations.
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| ISBN |
9781137278296 |
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1137278293 |
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