One Nation Many Faiths

<p>This book examines the understudied role of the interfaith movement in</p><p>institutionalizing religious pluralism in the public life of contemporary societies</p><p>through the case study of Interfaith Scotland. It analyzes the organization and their</p><p>literature demonstrating the ways in which they have cultivated a particular model of</p><p>religious pluralism compatible with a secular civic-cultural nationalism. It places this</p><p>case into a comparative discussion of the interfaith movement as an emerging global</p><p>phenomenon.</p><p></p><p>Liam T. Sutherland considers how Interfaith Scotland presents 'religions' as</p><p>equivalent compatible bodies of ethical teachings through selective appeals to</p><p>textual traditions and their construction. It has also depended on conforming to the</p><p>'world religions paradigm' where it is only religions with global reach and cohesive</p><p>characteristics which require representation.</p><p>This volume sheds light on the wider relationship between the global interfaith</p><p>movement and nationalism; Sutherland explores how Interfaith Scotland encouraged</p><p>a common seemingly 'apolitical' attachment to Scotland's democratic institutions</p><p>and cultural heritage and especially the question of independence.</p>