# Presbyterian Pluralism, Vol. 1

By **William J. Weston**

- ISBN-13: 9780870499821
- Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 208
- Published: 27 Aug 1997
- Language: en
- Price: £27.95 (new)
- Categories: History, United States, RELIGION, Church history, Social Science, Christian Church, Christianity, 19th Century, Sociology of Religion, United states, church history, Presbyterian Church, Religious pluralism, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Presbyterian Church (USA), Pluralisme (algemeen), Wedijver, Religiöser Pluralismus, Presbyterian Church in the United States, Presbyterian church (u.s.a.)., history, Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S., N.Y.), Union Theological Seminary (New York, Calvinist, Presbyterian

## About this book

Presbyterian Pluralism: competition in a Protestant house, Volume 1, examines the ideological conflicts within the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This work of church history analyzes how religious institutions accommodate diverse viewpoints without facing institutional paralysis or total division. William J. Weston utilizes this specific period of United States history to argue that competition is the most effective form of pluralism for a religious organization.

Drawing from the sociology of religion, the text challenges the common view of intradenominational conflict as a simple culture war between two factions. Instead, it identifies a loyalist center as the primary power holder that determines the outcome of these struggles. This study of religious pluralism provides critical insights for historians and sociologists interested in how organizational structures contain internal conflict.

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