Religious Intolerance in America, Second Edition

A Documentary History

John Corrigan, Lynn S. Neal, John Corrigan, Lynn S. Neal

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781469655628, 9781469655611
• eBook ISBN: 9781469655635
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: North American History

The story of religion in America is one of unparalleled diversity and protection of the religious rights of individuals. But that story is a muddied one. This new and expanded edition of a classroom favorite tells a jolting history—illuminated by historical texts, pictures, songs, cartoons, letters, and even t-shirts—of how our society has been and continues to be replete with religious intolerance. It powerfully reveals the narrow gap between intolerance and violence in America. The second edition contains a new chapter on Islamophobia and adds fresh material on the Christian persecution complex, white supremacy and other race-related issues, sexuality, and the role played by social media.

John Corrigan and Lynn S. Neal’s overarching narrative weaves together a rich, compelling array of textual and visual materials. Arranged thematically, each chapter provides a broad historical background, and each document or cluster of related documents is entwined in context as a discussion of the issues unfolds. The need for this book has only increased in the midst of today’s raging conflicts about immigration, terrorism, race, religious freedom, and patriotism.

INDEX

Abbott, Ernest Hamline, 6–7

Abortion, 123

“Absolute Proof That Romanism Desired the Death of Abraham Lincoln,” 53

Abuse, 220; of children, 221, 225–26

Accusations, against religions, 307–8

ACT! For America, 252, 275

Activities of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Toward the Branch Davidians (1996), 230–31

Adaptability, of religious intolerance, 301

“ADL Criticism of Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion’ Elicits Anti-Semitic Responses” (2003), 178. See also Anti-Defamation League

“ADL Statement on Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion’” (2003), 175–76. See also Anti-Defamation League

“Advantages of Mingling Indians with Whites, The” (1892), 141

Adventists, 100; intolerance toward, 112–17. See also Branch Davidians; Seventh-Day Adventists

African Americans, 12, 52, 58, 69, 70, 107, 110, 111, 116, 117, 160, 171, 172, 204, 206, 208–14; intolerance toward, 12, 52, 70, 107, 110–12, 209–14, 302; and Ku Klux Klan, 12, 52, 70; Muslim, 248, 249; and race, 107, 116, 204, 206

African Methodist Episcopal Church, 107

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 107

Agnosticism, 105

Ahmed, Ifra, 283–86

Alexander VI, 131–32. See also Catholics; Native Americans; Pope

Allen, Curtis, 284–85

Allen, Richard, 110. See also African Americans

Allen-Ebrahimian, Bethany, 290–91

“Almost Time for a Hog-Killing” (1915), 161

Amalekites, 18–19, 21, 26–33, 127; and Bible, 18, 26–27; Catholics as, 19, 21, 28–29, 31, 32; Jews as, 18–19, 26; Mormons as, 21; Native Americans as, 19, 32, 126–27, 128, 135

America, 185, 211–13, 235; American destiny, 102–4; American identity, 204–6; definition of, 185; and exceptionalism, 5, 7; found...

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• One. Religious Intolerance in Colonial America
• Two. Anti-Catholicism
• Three. Anti-Mormonism
• Four. Intolerance toward Nineteenth-Century Religious Groups
• Five. Intolerance toward Native American Religions
• Six. Anti-Semitism
• Seven. Intolerance toward “New” Religions in the Twentieth Century
• Eight. The Branch Davidians and Waco
• Nine. Islamophobia
• Ten. Wedding Cakes and White Supremacy: Religious Intolerance in the Twenty-First Century
• Notes
• Index
• Back Cover