American Heretics Catholics, Jews, Muslims, and the History of Religious Intolerance

Name: American Heretics Catholics, Jews, Muslims, and the History of Religious Intolerance
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ISBN: 9781137278296

ISBN-10: 1137278293

ISBN-13: 9781137278296

Edition: 2013

Authors: Peter Gottschalk

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In the middle of the nineteenth century a group of political activists in New York City joined together to challenge a religious group they believed were hostile to the American values of liberty and freedom. Called the Know Nothings, they started riots during elections, tarred and feathered their political enemies, and barred men from employment based on their religion. The group that caused this uproar?: Irish and German Catholics—then known as the most villainous religious group in America, and widely believed to be loyal only to the Pope. It would take another hundred years before Catholics threw off these xenophobic accusations and joined the American mainstream. The idea that the…

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List price: $45.50
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 11/12/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English