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Ranking faiths : religious stratification in America / James D. Davidson and Ralph E. Pyle.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (219 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781442208551
  • 1442208554
  • 128292270X
  • 9781282922709
  • 9786612922701
  • 6612922702
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ranking faiths.DDC classification:
  • 306.60973 22
LOC classification:
  • BL2525 .D42 2011eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Ranking religions -- Our approach -- Origins -- Persistence and change : 1787-1899 -- Persistence and change : 1900-2010 -- Consequences -- Summary and implications.
Summary: Ranking Faiths: Religious Stratification in America discusses how religion shapes access to power, privilege, and prestige in the U.S., both historically and today. James D. Davidson and Ralph E. Pyle dispel the idea that the U.S. was founded on theprinciple of religious equality for all, documenting how religion has been a factor in the allocation of power from the colonial period through the present. From the time of the earliest settlements in America through today, the book demonstrates that some religious groups have had more access to economic, political, and social rewards than others.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-209) and index.

Ranking religions -- Our approach -- Origins -- Persistence and change : 1787-1899 -- Persistence and change : 1900-2010 -- Consequences -- Summary and implications.

Ranking Faiths: Religious Stratification in America discusses how religion shapes access to power, privilege, and prestige in the U.S., both historically and today. James D. Davidson and Ralph E. Pyle dispel the idea that the U.S. was founded on theprinciple of religious equality for all, documenting how religion has been a factor in the allocation of power from the colonial period through the present. From the time of the earliest settlements in America through today, the book demonstrates that some religious groups have had more access to economic, political, and social rewards than others.

Print version record.

English.