tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post1392080260367835638..comments2024-03-01T11:17:49.152-07:00Comments on Religion in American History: Review of Gottschalk, American HereticsPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-68800402265798847262014-04-24T16:01:31.440-06:002014-04-24T16:01:31.440-06:00There was and remains good reason to be intolerant...There was and remains good reason to be intolerant of Roman Catholicism and Islam, and that is the fundamental tenets of those religions are antithetical to liberalism and enlightened intellectualism: the very philosophical basis for toleration. See Locke: Intolerance for the intolerant and rightful suspicion for those whose primary allegiance <b>not</b> to the Sovereign. The Tsarnarev brothers were guilty of a hate crime, not because as the left would like to allege because they were downtrodden persons but rather because they subscribed to a particular intolerant religion.cbell97https://www.blogger.com/profile/14804757589549991770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-91339879445117675422014-01-01T13:05:50.005-07:002014-01-01T13:05:50.005-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11055819255256359511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-82445125050619080062013-12-26T13:22:14.707-07:002013-12-26T13:22:14.707-07:00He is inspired by the "Islamophobia" tha...<i>He is inspired by the "Islamophobia" that characterizes the contemporary U.S., defining "Islamophobia" as "unjustified social anxieties toward Islam and Muslim cultures," with an emphasis on the social rather than individual nature of this phobia (p. 170). Gottschalk argues that it is not the religious beliefs of Muslims that disturb many Americans, but "perceived differences in race, ethnicity, clothing, facial features, skin complexion, and/or place of national origin" (p. 171).</i><br /><br />How does he know?<br /><br />Armchair psychologizing is not scholarship.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-30521213242321568902013-12-24T00:44:41.051-07:002013-12-24T00:44:41.051-07:00Hi
I was mostly admired as well as inspired by th...Hi<br /><br />I was mostly admired as well as inspired by the "Islamophobia" Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06905295957110726878noreply@blogger.com