Civic Pluralism Resources

• Allen, Danielle, Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship Since Brown v. Board of Education (University of Chicago Press. 2004)
• Allen, Danielle and Rohini Somanathan, eds. Difference Without Domination: Pursuing Justice in Diverse Democracies (University of Chicago Press, 2020)
• Allen, Danielle, Justice by Means of Democracy (University of Chicago Press, 2023)
• Allen, Danielle, and D. Kidd, “Civic Learning for the 21st Century: Disentangling the ‘Thin’ and ‘Thick’ Elements of Civic Identity to Support Civic Learning ” in The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Education (Routledge, 2022).
• Allen, Danielle and Rob Reich, Education, Democracy, and Justice (University of Chicago Press, 2013.
• Appiah, Kwame Anthony, Cosmopolitanism: Ethics In A World Of Strangers (W. W. Norton, 2007)
• Appiah, Kwame Anthony, The Lies that Bind: Rethinking Identity (Liveright, 2018)
• Banchoff, Thomas, Democracy and the New Religious Pluralism (Oxford University Press, 2007)
• Barkey, Karen. “Religious Diversity in America: A Historical Narrative” (UC Berkley Othering and Belonging Institute, 2018) 
• Beneke, Chris, Beyond Toleration: The Religious Origins of American Pluralism (Oxford University Press, 2006)
• Callan, Eamonn, “Pluralism and Civic Education” (Studies in Philosophy and Education, 1991)
  Coleman, Peter T., The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization (Columbia University Press, 2021)
• Feinberg, Walter and Richard Layton, Fostering Pluralism in Higher Education: The Liberal Case for Teaching Religion in Public Schools (University of Michigan Press, 2014)
• Fraser, James, Between Church and State: Religion and Public Education in a Multicultural America (John Hopkins University Press, 2016)
• Goodman, Lenn E., Religious Pluralism and Values in the Public Sphere (Cambridge University Press, 2014)
• Green, Emma, “What Comes After DEI?” New Yorker, April 14, 2025
• Gutmann, Amy, "Civic Education and Social Diversity” (Journal of Ethics, 1995)
• Gutmann, Amy, Democratic Education (Princeton University Press, 1999)
• Haynes, Charles and Oliver Thomas, “Finding Common Ground: A Guide to Religious Liberty in Public Schools” (First Amendment Center, 2007)
• Hunter, James Davison and David Franz, “Religious Pluralism and Civil Society” in A Nation of Religions: The Politics of Pluralism in Multireligious America (University of North Carolina Press, 2006)
• Jackson, Robert, Rethinking Religion Education and Plurality: Issues in Diversity and Pedagogy (Routledge, 2004)
• Kallen, Horace, “Democracy vs. the Melting Pot: A Study of American Nationality” (The Nation, 2015)
• Inazu, John D., Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference (University of Chicago Press, 2016)
• Inazu, John D., Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect (Zondervan, 2024)
• Interfaith Youth Core, Committee Report, “Public Higher Education and the Pursuit of Civic Religious Pluralism: A Report on Promising Practices” (2019)
• Levendusky, Matthew, Our Common Bonds: Using What Americans Share to Help Bridge the Partisan Divide (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2023)
• Mason, Lilliana, Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity (University of Chicago Press, 2018)
• McGraw, Barbara, Rediscovering America’s Sacred Ground: Public Religion and Pursuit of the Good in a Pluralistic America (State University of New York Press, 1999)
• Meyer, Cassie and Rachel Tingley, “Fostering Pluralism in Higher Education” (Interfaith America Report, 2024)
• Moore, Diane, Overcoming Religious Literacy: A Cultural Studies Approach to the Study of Religion in Secondary Education (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)
• Nash, Robert, Religious Pluralism in the Academy: Opening the Dialogue (Peter Lang Publishers, 2001)
• Patel, Eboo, Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and America’s Promise (Princeton University Press, 2019)
• Patel, Eboo, Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America (Beacon Press, 2013)
• Patel, Eboo, We Need to Build: Field Notes for a Diverse Democracy (Beacon Press, 2022)
• Prothero, Stephen ed., A Nation of Religions: The Politics of Pluralism in Multireligious America (University of North Carolina Press, 2006)
• Putnam, Robert D. and David Campbell, American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us (Simon & Schuster, 2012)
• Seligman, Adam B, Religious Education and the Challenge of Pluralism (Oxford University Press, 2014)
• Stout, Jeffrey. Democracy and Tradition (Princeton University Press, 2009)