Traditional Change: Evangelicals, Muslims, and Pluralism in America
Marcia Pally Monday, 1 December 2008
Recent studies report that many of Europe's Muslims are "ghettoized" and "markedly less well off than the general population, frustrated with economic opportunities, and socially isolated." In the United States, by contrast, most Muslims say "their communities are excellent or good places to live." To some observers, the contrast between Europe and the U.S. may appear acutely ironic, since European societies are supposedly secular and more "neutral" with regard to religion, while the U.S. has been significantly shaped by evangelical Christians—supposedly opponents of relativistic attitudes about other faiths in general, and Islam in particular. How is it that "evangelical America" has become a happier home for Muslims than Europe?
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