Religious liberalism in America has often been equated with an ecumenical Protestant establishment. By contrast, American Religious Liberalism draws attention to the broad diversity of liberal cultures that shapes America's religious movements. The essays gathered here push beyond familiar tropes and boundaries to interrogate religious liberalism's dense cultural leanings by looking at spirituality in the arts, the politics and piety of religious cosmopolitanism, and the interaction between liberal religion and liberal secularism. Readers will find a kaleidoscopic view of many of the progressive strands of America's religious past and present in this richly provocative volume.

Contributions by: Michael Robertson, Carrie Tirado Bramen, Christopher White, Nathan Rees, Emily Mace, Kathi Kern, Josef Sorett, Matthew Hedstrom, Jeffrey J. Kripal, Kathryn Lofton, Yaakov Ariel, Lindsay Reckson, Gretchen Boger, K. Healan Gaston, Tracy Fessenden, David A. Hollinger