عنوان

American culture and religious diversity

(Number (ISBN

9780931214134

(Number (ISBN

0931214130

Number

91-2400

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

American culture and religious diversity

Other Title Information

: a Saudi Arabian perspective

First Statement of Responsibility

/ written by Fahad A. Alhomoudi

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

; edited by Rebecca K. Mays.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Philadelphia

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

: Ecumenical Press

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

, 2011.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

176 p.

Other Physical Details

: ill.

Dimensions

; 23 cm.

Text of Note

Saudi professor of Islamic law Fahad Alhomoudi travelled through a portion of America, collecting first hand a range of religious and cultural experiences that were markedly different from his own. He visited the Pennsylvania Amish, where religious recluses still ride in horse-driven buggies, and he blew the ritual shofar with Reform Jews in their synagogues. He also met a variety of white, black, and brown Christians in their churches. And he learned of the Muslim experience in America. His encounters were at once personal, intense, and ultimately transformative. In American Culture and Religious Diversity, Alhomoudi, a twenty-first century Alexis de Tocqueville of sorts, recounts his spiritual, emotional, and intellectual journeys. His fascinating book, full of reflections about the people he met and the experiences he shared, offers a dialogue between these hugely importantoand hugely differentocultures. His perspective explores the intricacies of cultural exchange and religious difference with the hope of building good bridges for crossing and dwelling.

Religious pluralism-- United States.

Cultural pluralism-- United States.

United States, Religion, 1960-

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Class number

Book number

Alhomoudi, Fahad.

Mays, Rebecca Kratz.

Date of Transaction

20121128173151.0

BL

251648

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