Religious Myths and Visions of America: How Minority Faiths Redefined America's World Role

ISBN: 0313359598

Author: Christopher Buck

Condition: New

1: America: Nation and Notion CIVIL MYTHS OF AMERICA AND CIVIL RELIGION RELIGIOUS MYTHS AND VISIONS OF AMERICA RACIAL MYTHS AND VISIONS OF AMERICA 2: Native American Myths and Visions of America TURTLE ISLAND MYTH AND MYTH OF MOTHER EARTH DEGANAWIDAH LEGEND IROQUOIS INFLUENCE THESIS: MYTH OR HISTORY? 3. Protestant Myths and Visions of America PURITAN MYTH OF AMERICA MANIFEST DESTINY MYTH CURSE OF HAM MYTH AFRICAN AMERICAN EXODUS COUNTER-MYTH 4. Catholic Myths and Visions of America PAPAL PRAISE OF AMERICA AMERICANIST MYTH OF AMERICA PAPAL RESPONSES TO AMERICANIST MYTH OF AMERICA CAN AMERICANIST MYTH OF AMERICA BECOME A REALITY? 5. Jewish Myths and Visions of America JEWISH VISIONS OF AMERICA AS A MIRROR OF JEWISH IDEOLOGIES JEWISH MYTH OF AMERICA AS PROMISED LAND JEWISH MYTH OF COLUMBUS JEWISH PRAYERS FOR AMERICA: COMMUNAL VISIONS OF AMERICA ORTHODOX JUDAISM'S TRADITIONAL PRAYER FOR GOVERNMENT CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM'S VISION OF AMERICA REFORM JUDAISM'S VISION OF AMERICA RECONSTRUCTIONIST JUDAISM'S VISION OF AMERICA JEWISH AMERICANISM: CULT OF SYNTHESIS 6. Mormon Myths and Visions of America GARDEN OF EDEN MYTH LOST TRIBES MYTH COLUMBUS MYTH CONSTITUTION MYTH FOUNDING FATHERS MYTH THEODEMOCRACY MYTH AMERICA AS ZION MYTH MARK OF CAIN MYTH 7. Christian Identity Myths and Visions of America TWO-SEED MYTH MUD RACES MYTH LOST TRIBES MYTH WHITE HOMELAND MYTH RACIAL HOLY WAR MYTH 8. Black Muslim Myths and Visions of America YACUB MYTH MOTHER PLANE MYTH DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA MYTH 9. Contemporary Muslim Myths and Visions of America GREAT SATAN MYTH AXIS OF EVIL COUNTER-MYTH EFFORTS TO DISPEL GREAT SATAN MYTH AND TO MINIMIZE FALLOUT FROM AXIS OF EVIL MYTH 10. Buddhist Myths and Visions of America SOKA GAKKAI'S MYTH OF AMERICA'S SECOND RENAISSANCE ROBERT THURMAN'S MYTH OF AMERICA'S SECOND RENAISSANCE DALAI LAMA'S BUDDHIST DEMOCRACY MYTH AND VISION OF AMERICA'S WORLD ROLE 11. Baha'i Myths and Visions of America BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE BAHA'I FAITH BAHA'I MYTHS AS A "SACRED HISTORY" OF AMERICA BAHA'I EMANCIPATION/CIVIL WAR MYTH BAHA'I WILSONIAN MYTH BAHA'I VISION OF DESTINY OF AMERICA 12. Conclusion: How Minority Faiths Redefined America's World Role RELIGIOUS MYTHS AND VISIONS OF AMERICA RECAPITULATED OVERVIEW OF AMERICA'S WORLD ROLE FINAL REFLECTIONS: A WORLD CIVIL RELIGION?