Book description
Religious liberalism in America has often been equated with an
ecumenical Protestant establishment. By contrast, American Religious
Liberalism draws attention to the broad diversity of liberal cultures
that shapes America's religious movements. The essays gathered here
push beyond familiar tropes and boundaries to interrogate religious
liberalism's dense cultural leanings by looking at spirituality in the
arts, the politics and piety of religious cosmopolitanism, and the
interaction between liberal religion and liberal secularism. Readers
will find a kaleidoscopic view of many of the progressive strands of
America's religious past and present in this richly provocative volume.
Leigh E. Schmidt is Edward Mallinckrodt University Professor at
Washington University in St. Louis and is affiliated with the Center
on Religion and Politics. He is author of Restless Souls: The Making
of American Spirituality.
Sally M. Promey is Professor of American Studies, Religion, and
Visual Culture at Yale University, where she is also Deputy Director
of the Institute of Sacred Music. She is author of Painting Religion
in Public: John Singer Sargent's "Triumph of Religion" at
the Boston Public Library.
