A New Religious America: How a Christian Country Has Become the World's Most Religiously Diverse Nation

Why Understanding America's Religious Landscape Is the Most Important Challenge Facing Us Today

• The 1990s saw the U.S. Navy commission its first Muslim chaplain and open its first mosque.
• There are presently more than three hundred temples in Los Angeles, home to the greatest variety of Buddhists in the world.
• There are more American Muslims than there are American Episcopalians, Jews, or Presbyterians.

Author: Diana L. Eck
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 05/28/2002
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.08w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9780060621599

About the Author
Eck, Diana L.: -

Diana L. Eck is Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University and is Master of Lowell House and Director of The Pluralism Project. As a Christian, she has also been involved in the United Methodist Church, the World Council of Churches, and the life of Harvard Divinity School. Her book Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras won the prestigious Grawemeyer Book Award. In 1998, President Clinton awarded her the National Humanities Medal for the work of The Pluralism Project in the investigation of America's religious diversity.