Beyond Tolerance
How People Across America Are Building Bridges Between Faiths
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- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
28 July 2009
Summary
At a time when religious conflict and violence seem to dominate the media, distinguished religion journalist Gustav Niebuhr set off across America to find people who are building, not burning, the bridges between faiths. As he travels across the country-from Queens and Baltimore to Louisville and Los Angeles-he finds Buddhists, Catholics, Jews, Baptists, Muslims, and Episcopalians reaching out to one another to find common ground between their faiths. This insightful and deeply felt explorati…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143115557 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143115553 |
| Author: | Gustav Niebuhr |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 28 July 2009 |
| Weight: | 216g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 132mm x 14mm |
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Critics Review
Anyone … interested in dialogue among individuals, communities, and nations will benefit from Beyond Tolerance
” Anyone … interested in dialogue among individuals, communities, and nations will benefit from Beyond Tolerance’s wisdom and humanity.”
-Elie Wiesel
“ He has the careful scholarship of an academic, but the communication expertise of a journalist skilled at getting to the personal heart of a story.”
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
About The Author
Gustav Niebuhr
Gustav Niebuhr, former Religion reporter for the New York Times, is the Associate Professor of Religion at Syracuse University. Over his twenty-year career as a journalist, he’s also worked for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and the Atlanta Journal/Constitution, and has established a reputation as a leading writer about American religion. His work has been published in anthologies, magazines and on the internet. He’s a frequent commentator on religion for NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
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