《美国宗教认同中的政治》.docVIP

The Politics of American Religious Identity The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostleby Kathleen Flake Copyright (c) 2004 by the University of North Carolina Press. All rights reserved.  Introduction Two questions frame the story told in this book. The first is an enduring one for religious studies: How do religious communities change over time and retain a sense of sameness with their originating vision? The other question has to do with the First Amendment as an agent of religious change: What are the political terms by which diverse religions are brought within Americas cons