Protestant–Catholic–Jew: An Essay in American Religious Sociology

Will Herberg

1955

The outstanding feature of the religious situation in America today is the pervasiveness of religious self-identification along the tripartite scheme of Protestant, Catholic, Jew. From the “land of immigrants,” America has, as we have seen, become the “triple melting pot,” restructured in three great communities with religious labels, defining…

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Will Herberg

ca. 1901–1977

Though a committed communist in the early 1930s, by the 1950s Will Herberg was a prominent conservative intellectual and editor of the National Review. Herberg received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1932 (a fact that is disputed by some), and then worked with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. His break from Marxism brought him to Jewish theology, and he joined the faculty of Drew University in 1955 as a professor of Judaic studies and social philosophy. In the 1960s and 1970s, Herberg dedicated himself to interfaith dialogue, producing books and essays on the topic and lecturing frequently.

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