false 3620958 1 <B>A bracing rejoinder both to religious fanaticism and to recent books decrying religion</B><BR><BR> The United States is the most religiously diverse nation in the world and the most religiously diverse collection of people in history. And even in this age of increasing religious violence, there is a growing movement of cooperation: thousands of devout worshippers who are willing to take a gamble on people of radically different faiths.<BR><BR> In this insightful, deeply felt examination of the nature of community and religion, former <I>New York Times</I> religion reporter Gustav Niebuhr traces the roots of religious freedom in America and the setbacks and triumphs it has encountered along the way. From Hindus and Quakers in Queens to Catholics and Jews in Baltimore, to black Baptists and Catholics in Louisville, to Catholics and Buddhists in Los Angeles, Niebuhr focuses on the ways people build ties between groups. He looks at why this movement is a particularly American endeavor and how it can save us all. <I>Beyond Tolerance</I> is a handbook for religious cooperation in our fractured times. 3663738 31 7 2008 Beyond Tolerance: Searching for Interfaith Understanding in America (The Documents of 20th-century art) total:13|5:3|4:5|3:4|2:1|1:0| 13 49 43 8 2 0 false false Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 14:40:19 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 14:40:36 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 11:56:24 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 11:23:37 -0800 2008 1 This quote is a good summary of what the book is about:

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